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  • R I P Colleen Savitzky

    From Lee Gold XP@21:1/5 to Barry Gold on Mon Jul 12 21:01:59 2021
    On 7/12/2021 5:15 PM, Barry Gold wrote:

    Riley Savitzky wrote:

    It is with great sadness that I report my mother, Colleen Savitzky,
    has died. I'm horrible with words, and am still very much in shock.
    Here is my dad's take on it via his dreamwidth: Mdlbear's Dreamwidth

    Naomi posted this earlier to the Emerald Forest Filk List.

    I'm devastated to have to report that Colleen Savitzky, member of the
    Filk Hall of Fame and "Mama Colleen" to three generations of fandom,
    died last night of multiple medical complications at about 4:30AM.

    Can somebody who has contacts within the SF Bay Area filk community
    where she lived for forty years please post the information on their
    equivalent email list to this, if they have one? There are a lot of
    people still around there who loved her and would probably want to be told.


    FILK HALL OF FAMESteve and Colleen Savitzky – 2008 https://filkontario.ca/savitzkycands-2/

    --Lee Gold

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  • From chaoswolf (Riley Savitzky)@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 12 22:23:29 2021
    The full Dreamwidth post / public statement or details of what happened is available on my dad's dreamwidth post here. https://mdlbear.dreamwidth.org/1778858.html

    That is all.

    Riley

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 13 13:31:39 2021
    On 7/13/21 1:23 AM, chaoswolf (Riley Savitzky) wrote:
    The full Dreamwidth post / public statement or details of what happened is available on my dad's dreamwidth post here. https://mdlbear.dreamwidth.org/1778858.html

    So sorry for your loss.


    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Joe Kesselman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 13 20:40:14 2021
    I think I only met Colleen once, when I was still a relatively timid
    filker who just happened to be near their house and was invited to drop
    in for an evening... but from that one visit, I'm not at all surprised
    that she was known as "Mama Colleen".

    Sympathy to all those who knew her. I'm sorry I won't get a chance to
    meet her again.

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  • From Paul Rubin@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 14 11:42:36 2021
    I'm very sorry to hear this. My sympathy to her family and I hope
    everyone is holding up ok. I only met her a few times, but I remember
    her warmly.

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