Lawrence mentioned this to me a few days ago, but I wanted to have something better to point at than word of mouth: Philip Klass, who wrote SF under the name William Tenn, died on the 7th.
I wasn’t all that familiar with Tenn’s work, though I read “The Liberation of Earth” a long time ago in a Jerry Pournelle anthology and rather liked it; I always intended to ask Tenn, if I ever met him, if that story was inspired by a Bill Mauldin cartoon. And if anyone has any of the NESFA press collections they want to sell at a reasonable price, please contact me.
The NYT is also reporting the passing of Dick Francis, noted jockey turned even more noted mystery writer. If I can, I’ll try to link to a better obit tomorrow.