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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fan Karen Pearlston died in mid-September. Pearlstein was active in Toronto fandom in the 1970s and participated in fanzine fandom, founding the APA Spinoff. She also published the APAzine Under the Snakes.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fan Myron Deutch (b.1947) died on September 20. Deutch was a frequent attendee at Capricon and Windycon and attended Chicon when the Worldcon was in Chicago. He worked at the Brisol Renaissance Faire for several years.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fan Kathy Mar (b.1951) died on September 23. Mar began performing on the filk scene in the early 1980s. She was a guest at many conventions, including a Special Musical Guest at Devention 3. She was a multiple Pegasus Award winner.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fan Charles Mohapel died on September 18. Mohapel was often scene behind a camera at Worldcons and other conventions and fannish events. He was a member of the Ottawa Science Fiction Society. In 1998, Mohapel was nominated for an Aurora Award for Fan Achievement.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fan Duane Elms (b.1944) died on September 10. Elms attended Lunacon and other East Coast conventions in the 1980s and participated in filk and the masquerades. He eventually moved back to New Mexico.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fan Anne Davenport died on September 5. Davenport served as secretary for the International Costumers Guild and was a Master Costumer. She wrote Star Trek fanfiction and worked on numerous Worldcons.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fan Michelle Neubauer died on August 23. Neubauer served as the green room manager for Archon’s masquerade for several years and was recognized by the St Louis Costumers Guild with a Best of Backstage Award.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Bookseller Atom Wolf died in mid-September. Wolf was a long time employee at DreamHaven Books and Comics in Minneapolis.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Author Will Murray (b.1953) died on August 24. Murray was a pulp fan and wrote many novels with a pulp sensibility. He edited books for Necronomicon Press and his own short stories appeared in numerous anthologies. Among his comic book achievements was the creation of Squirrel Girl.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Bookseller Thomas Loock died in late February. Loock ran a science fiction bookstore in Hamburg in the early 1980s and later founded the game and book publishing house Citadel, which later became Laurin.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Fan Sybil Smith (b.1957) died on August 23. Smith was active in Minneapolis fandom wand was GoH at Diversicon 2 and 29. She was a Star Trek and Doctor Who fan. She served as an officer of SF Minnesota.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Fan Rick Katze (b.1944) died on August 27. Katze was a member of MCFI and a Fellow of NESFA. Katze edited books by Poul Anderson, Eric Frank Russell, A.E. van Vogt, and Judith Merril for NESFA Press. He chaired three Boskones and helped run many cons. He negotiated the Constellation bail out.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Author and editor David Kopaska-Merkel (b.1957) died on August 26. Primarily a poet, Kopaska-Merkel edited Dreams & Nightmares beginning in 1986, Star*Line from 1996-2002, and 9 volumes of the Rhysling Anthology. He also published several short stories and served as president of the SFFPA.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Comic book author Roger McKenzie (b.1950) died on August 21. McKenzie introduced a darker tone to Daredevil and was also known for his work on Captain America. He began publishing with Vampirella.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Fan Michael Stern (b.1942) died on June 29. Stern was a fan of Doc Smith, Zelazny, Asprin, and alternate history who was introduced to con running and fandom through LASFS. He was a long-time gamemaster. He volunteered in a variety of con-running activities and was active in Renissance Faires.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Fan Ben Liberman died on August 25. Liberman was active in Chicago fandom and was the network manager and ran the internet lounge at Chicon 2000.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Publisher Joel Davis (b.1934) died on July 11. Davis, along with his father, founded Davis Publications, which published Analog and Asimov’s, along with other magazines. Davis was the president and publisher for 40 years.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Fan Dave Nee (b.1953) died on during the first week of August. Nee was a founder and partner at the bookstore Other Change of Hobbit.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Author John Crowley (b.1942) died on August 8. Crowley was a two-tiem World Fantasy winner for Little, Big and “Great Work of Time” and received the Life Achievement Award in 2006. He also wrote Aegypt, Engine Summer, Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr, and Love & Sleep.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Fan Sara M. Paul (b.1948) died on July 31. Paul, a librarian, was a member of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society who volunteered on the staff of innumerable Worldcons.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Fan Karen Lndquist (b.1951) died on July 18. Lundquist was a lifelong Doctor Who fan and founded Madison, Wisconsin’s first Doctor Who club in 1983. She helped run Chicago TARDIS.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Author Rod Belcher (b.1967) died on July 10. Belcher, who wrote as R.S. Belcher, was the author of the Golgotha series, the Nightwise Universe series, the novelization of Men in Black International, and The Queen’s Road.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Fan Ian Maule (b.1952) died on July 8. Maule was a member of Gannetts, the Surrey Limpwrists, and BSFA. He edited the zines Maule’s Well, Nabu, and Checkpoint and published By British: A Fanthology of the Seventies.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Fan Robin Johnson (b.1937) died on July 6. Johnson chaired Thylacons 1-3 and published Nortsdtilian News. He chaired Aussiecon in 1975 and was the fan GoH at Aussiecon 4. He won the Ditmar in 1983 and the Big Heart in 2009.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Author Maureen Duffy (b.1933) died on May 27. Duffy was a campaigner for LGTBQ rights and published the novels Capital, Gor Saga, and Alchemy. Her novel Scarborough Fear was published under the name D.M. Cayer. Duffy also wrote The Erotic World of Faery.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Fan Tim Banovitz (b.1972) died on June 27. Banovitz served as the Marscon head of safety and volunteered at other Wisconsin, Minneapolis, and Chicago conventions.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Fan Glen Boettcher (b.1952) died on June 29. Boettcher was active in Wisconsin fandom and a frequent attendee of Windycon, where for many years he arranged a forthcoming attraction presentation of upcoming films.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Fan Inge Heyer died in late June. Heyer served as cochair of Shore Leave, a Star Trek convention. Heyer was also an astronomer and worked as a senior data analyst at the Space Telescope Science Institute and taught astronomy and physics.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Author Russell Kirkpatrick (b.1961) died on June 26. Kirkpatrick wrote the Fire of Heaven novels and the Broken Man novels. Kirkpatrick was the deputy editor of the New Zealand Historical Atlas and has the largest LEGO collection in New Zealand.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Author Dafydd ab Hugh (b.1960) died in late June. Ab Hugh published the two volume Arthur War Lord series and five Deep Space Nine novels as well as other media tie-in novels. His story “The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk” was a Nebula nominee.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Publisher Tom Clegg (b.1957) died on May 5. Clegg worked at Bragelonne SF and issued numerous translations of Anglophonic science fiction in French. He co-edited the anthology Science-Fiction 2006.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Seattle fan Sally Woehrle died on June 12. Woehrle was the chair of Sasquan, the 2015 Worldcon. She also chaired Westercons 50 and 73 and ConComCon 23. She worked on numerous conventions and was GoH at Rustycon 31 and Baycon 2014.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Author Jane Yolen (b.1939) died on June 11. She wrote books and novels for all ages, including Briar Rose, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, and The Devil’s Arithmetic. Yolen won 2 Nebulas, a World Fantasy and was named Grand Master by SFPA, SFWA and World Fantasy. She served as SFWA President.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Fan Bobbi Wilt (b.1949) died on April 8. Wilt attended Czarcon and Archon. She co-charied Conflation with Mary Stadter for several years.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Fan Judith Roberts (b.1947) died on April 13. Roberts attended and volunteered at many conventions, including Chicon 7 amd Loncon 3.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Fan Dave Vetrovic (b.1968) died on June 4. Vetrovic served as the treasurer for Anime Detour and the Geek Partnership Society.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Fan Robin Postal White (b.1946) died on June 3. White wrote for Algol and helped produce Void. She was a member of the Fanoclasts and was married to fan and editor Ted White for ten years.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Author Jim Comer died in late May or early June. Comer published short stories and his review and criticism appeared at Cirsova, QueerSciFi, and elsewhere. He also published several sourcebooks for White Wolf.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Fan John Thiel (b.1945) died on March 25 from metastatic cancer. Thiel was active in the National Fan Federation and earned the Kaymar Award in 2017 and the Franson Award in 2022. He published more than 400 issues of the fanzine Pablo Lennis and 54 issues of the webzine Surprising Stories.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Fan Alan Barrie Stewart (b.1944) died on May 12. Stewart was an active member of BSFA, SFCD, and ROMPA. He began publishing fanzines in the 1970s and attended most mid-70s Eastercons before gafiating in the late 70s.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Editor Ted White (b.1938) died on May 24. White was an assistant editor of F&SF before editing Amazing and Fantastic from 1968-1979. He co-chaired Nycon 3, the 1967 Worldcon, won a Best Fan Writer Hugo in 1968 and was GoH at Aussiecon Two in 1985. White chaired Lunacons 11-13.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Fan Margret Rosenberg (b.1954) died on May 5. Rosenberg was acive in the Denver filk scene and an attendee of MileHiCon.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Fan Edward Sobansky (b.1953) died on May 18. Sobansky was active in the Society for Creative Anachronism and ofen attended science fiction conventions.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Fan M.R. Hildebrand (b.1946) died on March 4. Hildebrand began attending conventions in 1972 at LACon I and quickly became active in Phoenix fandom. She chaired Leprecon 3 and later Coppercon. At Iguancon, she organized the first dedicated track of feminist track at a Worldcon.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Fan Paul Schauble (b.1948) died on September 23. Schauble helped found the Central Arizona Speculative FIction Society and Leprecon, working in various positions on the convention. He served on the Phoenix in ‘82 Westercon bid and published the zine Mimeo-Burn.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Fan Kathleen McBride (b.Kathleen Aranyosi) died on April 29. McBride was active in Baltimore and Washington fandom beginning in the 1970s. At various times she was known as Kathleen Ettlin and Kathleen Reeves.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Comic author Len Strazewski (b.1955) died on April 27. Strazewski worked on Starman, Justice Society of America, Phantom Lady, and Street Fighter II. He created Prime and Jesse Quick. He taughter journalism at Columbia College Chicago.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Comics author Gerry Conway (b.1952) died on April 27. Conway co-created The Punisher, Killer Croc, Power Girl, Firestorm, and the first Ms. Marvel. He also wrote “The Night Gwen Stacy Died.”

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Fan Iain Henderson died on April 21. Henderson was active in Australian fandom, working on multiple Swancons. He was a Tin Duck nominated cartoonist.

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Game designer Lou Zocchi (b.1935) died on April 15. Zocchi was an editor of The General and designed Luftwaffe, Alien Space, and Star Fleet Battle Manual. He invented the hundred-sided die known as the Zocchihedron. He was inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming’s Hall of Fame in 1987.

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