Star Wars writer J.W. Rinzler has terminal cancer...

Author: Mielr
Date: 21-Jul-2021, 6:43 PM

Author: Mielr
Time: 21-Jul-2021 6:43 PM
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Everybody here knows him from his great “making of” OT books, his family has set up a gofundme page to pay for his medical expenses:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/h2qw7z-jonathans-medical-expenses?member=12531375&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

Author: SilverWook
Time: 21-Jul-2021 11:21 PM
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https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Support-Jonathan-Rinzlers-Family/id/87536/page/1#1440259

https://twitter.com/leeunkrich/status/1417654784581017600

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Author: Mielr
Time: 22-Jul-2021 11:56 AM
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Thanks, I did a search to see if anything had already been posted, but didn’t find anything.

Author: Haarspalter
Time: 8-Aug-2021 3:50 AM
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https://www.starwars.com/news/j-w-rinzler

RIP J.W. Rinzler

😦

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Author: Mielr
Time: 8-Aug-2021 2:50 PM (Edited)
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Haarspalter said:

RIP J.W. Rinzler

So sad, only 58 years old. Thanks for the update.

Author: Nibcrom
Time: 5-Oct-2021 2:02 PM
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It’s too bad. I have several of his “making of” books and they are all terrific.