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RIP Stephen Perry - Mirage - 06-01-2010 01:43 PM
Best known as a Writer on the TV series ThunderCats (comic and TV series) and SilverHawks was confirmed as having been murdered in May :-(
Re: RIPE Stephen Perry - KingGrimlock - 06-01-2010 02:32 PM
It's been confirmed now? Damn...
RIP sir, you will live on in your work.
Re: RIP Stephen Perry - Mirage - 06-01-2010 03:22 PM
I read it over at SFF.net and they tend to be on the ball with these things.
There wasn't much hope after they found his van near a severed arm, and apparently other body parts were found nearby...
His partner and son were told that the investigation had been changed from a missing persons to an apparent homicide on the 19th. And the news was released publically yesterday from the looks of it.
It's really sad, He effectively wrote large parts of the Thundercats mythos, but because it was all freelance he didn't get a penny in royalties. He was diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer in 2008 when he was living in his car. At which point Hero Initiative got him treatment, and put a roof over his head.
Re: RIP Stephen Perry - Phill - 06-01-2010 03:30 PM
I've been following this story for a while now. Funilly enough I was explaining to my girlfriend about American health and was using his case as an example of what happend when their Health Insurance goes wrong. That night I read about him being missing.
The statement about his case becoming a homicide was released on the 27th.
Re: RIP Stephen Perry - GALVY - 06-01-2010 09:54 PM
Thundercats is on my list of all time great cartoon series. a real shame it ended like this for the poor guy.