Dr. Deborah M. Geisler (Deb) passed away today at the age of 66 after a
long battle with lung and heart disease. She was resting comfortably
under hospice care at home before passing.
Dr. Deborah M. Geisler (Deb) passed away today at the age of 66 after a
long battle with lung and heart disease. She was resting comfortably
under hospice care at home before passing.
Deb was, at her core, a teacher. As a professor of Communication and >Journalism at Suffolk University, she touched the lives of students for
over 30 years. Deb never stopped caring profoundly about her students
and the material she taught. She was also a science fiction fan and >conrunner and made many friendships in that community. She was chair of >Noreascon 4, the 2004 Worldcon, and volunteered her time, experience,
and snark to many other conventions. She was also the love of my life
-- we would have been married 33 years this October.
Deb is survived by her sister Libby and brother Doug as well as her
extended family.
Dr. Deborah M. Geisler (Deb) passed away today at the age of 66
after a long battle with lung and heart disease. She was resting
comfortably under hospice care at home before passing.
She was also a science fiction fan and conrunner and made many
friendships in that community. She was chair of Noreascon 4, the
2004 Worldcon, ...
Thanks for posting this. Far too many people in fandom just
disappear, and we never find out what happened to them. Many are
alive and well, but somehow got the idea that Usenet had died.
Keith F. Lynch wrote:
Thanks for posting this. Far too many people in fandom just
disappear, and we never find out what happened to them. Many are
alive and well, but somehow got the idea that Usenet had died.
The Glasgow Worldcon has posted and is maintaining a list of people
in fandom who have died since July 22, 2013.
https://glasgow2024.org/for-members/in-memoriam/
Thanks. But that just raises (I know better than to say "begs") the question, how do *they* find out? If I were to die tomorrow, I don't
think anyone would report my death to them. If you were to die
tomorrow, would anyone report your death to them? It would obviously
have to be someone who knew you were dead, so it couldn't be me.
Similarly with any fan who isn't living with a fan. Or who had
dropped out of fandom.
In today's world, I sometimes wonder if it's possible that people lie decomposing at home for months or more without anyone noticing. All
their bills are automatically paid. They may have Social Security or
other payments automatically going into their bank accounts, so the
payments don't run dry.
Caution is necessary about reports, though. A few years ago a stalker
falsely reported my death on Usenet and elsewhere, as a way to hurt my >friends. The report had many inaccurate details, and of course I was
around to deny it.
Are you absolutely positive that you aren't dead? For that matter,
can I be sure that I am not?
We could all be in a Sartre play, even.
In today's world, I sometimes wonder if it's possible that people
lie decomposing at home for months or more without anyone noticing.
All their bills are automatically paid. They may have Social
Security or other payments automatically going into their bank
accounts, so the payments don't run dry.
Caution is necessary about reports, though. A few years ago a
stalker falsely reported my death on Usenet and elsewhere, as a way
to hurt my friends. The report had many inaccurate details, and of
course I was around to deny it.
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
Are you absolutely positive that you aren't dead? For that matter,
can I be sure that I am not?
There was a movie in which the twist ending was that the protagonist
(played by Bruce Willis) had been dead the whole time, without knowing
it. I think I'd know it if I were dead. Err, ummm...
--We could all be in a Sartre play, even.
A fate worse than death.
Ettore Majorana, who first predicted that neutrinos weren't massless, disappeared decades before he was proven right.
In today's world, I sometimes wonder if it's possible that people lie decomposing at home for months or more without anyone noticing.
There was a case in Germany a few years ago of someone found dead and
judging by the Christmas decorations and newspapers around, he'd been
dead for many years. A neighbour said he kept himself to himself, but it turned out he'd been dead for some years before the neighbour moved in.
Paul Dormer wrote:
There was a case in Germany a few years ago of someone found dead
and judging by the Christmas decorations and newspapers around,
he'd been dead for many years. A neighbour said he kept himself to
himself, but it turned out he'd been dead for some years before the
neighbour moved in.
"Well, _that_ explains why he was always so quiet when I talked
to him!"
Thanks. But that just raises (I know better than to say "begs") the question, how do *they* find out? If I were to die tomorrow, I don't
think anyone would report my death to them. If you were to die
I hate to be morbid, but this long-time lurker in
rec.arts.sf.written is wondering what may have happened to Johnny1A.
He was one my favorite posters, but he's been silent since last
November. I sent him email but got no reply.
Thanks. But that just raises (I know better than to say "begs")
the question, how do *they* find out?
If you were to die tomorrow, would anyone report your death to them?
In today's world, I sometimes wonder if it's possible that people lie >decomposing at home for months or more without anyone noticing.
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