Fan Kennedy “Kippy” Poyser (b.1919) died on November 30. Poyser was the Fan GoH at the 1981 Orycon, edited the 1982 World Fantasy Con program book, and chaired Hatcons in the 1980s. Poyser also owned several bookstores, in Connecticut and Texas. He was the former husband of Hugo Award-winning artist Victoria Poyser.

Hi, this is Astra, Kennedy & Victoria's daughter. I remember going to the cons as a kid and selling drawings in the hotel hallways for quarters, which my brother and I would promptly go splurge on sodas, candy, and video games. Anyway, just piping up to note that if anyone has any photos of my Dad from those days, I'd love to see them. You can e-mail me at astraether (at) gmail.com. Or find me on Facebook.

Happy to hear your memories of him, too. We miss him very much.

-Astra (now Astra Laughlin, if you want to find me on FB)