Lee Hoffman 1932-2007

Teresa at Making Light reports that Lee Hoffman died of a massive heart attack. Geri Sullivan adds that Hoffman's death took place on Tuesday, February 6.

I met Hoffman in 1977, at SunCon, the World Science Fiction Convention held that year in Miami Beach, Florida. She was a folk hero to those of us young SF fans (like Gary Farber or Joe Siclari) who cared about the history of our community as could be gleaned from writing that lives on in old fanzines.

So raise a glass in remembrance. The world is a bit dimmer for her passing, but a lot brighter for her having lived. Ave atque vale.