Walt Willis Dies

Walt Willis died on October 20

We were saddened, but not surprised, to hear of the death of legendary Irish fan Walt Willis of a heart attack, following his stroke last year.

Walt was one of the giants of fandom, publisher of the fanzines Slant and Hyphen, co-author with Bob Shaw of the classic The Enchanted Duplicator and an indefatigable loccer until he suffered his stroke. Following the recent deaths of Vince Clarke, Chuch Harris and James White, it seems that an entire fannish generation has been destroyed, virtually overnight.

He will be greatly missed.

-- Mike Scott

7 Nov 1999