Joel Nydahl

(May 10, 1938 – May 15, 2019)

Joel Nydahl, a teenaged fan from Marquette, MI, published Vega and Expose, and was associated with 7th Fandom. He was famed for his 1953 gafiation. See Nydahl's Disease.

He made a brief return to fandom to attend the 2001 Worldcon and was shocked to find out about his fannish fame.

• “Revisiting Nydahl’s Disease” by Joel Nydahl, Trap Door 21 (March 2002, p. 16).
• Obituary.

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1938—2019

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