{"id":2097,"date":"2008-12-05T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2021-03-15T16:37:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T20:37:14","slug":"forrest-j-ackerman-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2097","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Forrest J. Ackerman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Forrest J Ackerman has died<\/span> at the age of 92<\/span>. Probably best known as the founding editor <\/span>of Famous Monsters of Filmland<\/span>, Ackerman<\/span> made his living as a literary agent, magazine editor<\/span> and occasional actor<\/span>.<\/span>I grew up loving monster movies<\/span> and of course Famous Monsters of Filmland<\/span>. Although it was chock full of movie stills, interviews with the folks behind those movies, and more — it wasn’t until I was in my late teens\/early twenties that I discovered that nearly all of those things that I enjoyed about the magazine came from Forrest Ackerman<\/span>. His collection of memorabiliai ncluded many original movie props<\/span>, autographs, over 50,000 books <\/span>and much, much more. He kept it all in his house. Fans were often invited in to hear classic anecdotes as they toured. Sadly, in his later years Mr. Ackerman <\/span>was forced to sell off his collection piece by piece.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Ackerman<\/span> is said to have discovered Ray Bradbury <\/span>and to have coined the term “sci-fi.” <\/span> And while both of those are “definite claims to fame” — I don’t think that my childhood would have been as fun without Mr. Ackerman’s influence <\/span>on Famous Monsters of Filmland<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My thoughts and prayers go out to his fans around the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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