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  • RIP Leslie Fish

    From Gary McGath@garym@mcgath.com to rec.music.filk on Mon Dec 1 06:16:17 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    Leslie Fish died on November 29, 2025.

    https://garymcgath.com/memoriam-leslie-fish/
    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From John Ames@commodorejohn@gmail.com to rec.music.filk on Mon Dec 1 08:32:48 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 06:16:17 -0500
    Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:

    Leslie Fish died on November 29, 2025.

    Oh *man.* As the Kids These Days say, she was a Real One. Obviously
    "Banned from Argo" is an inescapable classic, but I've always had a
    soft spot for "The Earth's Fire-Breathing Daughter." Rest in peace,
    madam.

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  • From Paul Rubin@no.email@nospam.invalid to rec.music.filk on Mon Dec 1 22:14:10 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> writes:
    Leslie Fish died on November 29, 2025. https://garymcgath.com/memoriam-leslie-fish/

    Yikes, RIP Leslie. I didn't get to hang out with her as much as I'd
    like to have. I was just thinking about her recently. I was in contact
    with her a year or so ago and I didn't realize she had more recently
    been ill, but Wikipedia says that she died in hospice care. If I'd known
    I would have have tried to reach her.

    Wikipedia cites Susan McDonald at this page, but the connection
    currently times out when I click the link:

    https://scifi.radio/2025/11/29/filk-legend-leslie-fish-has-died/

    Maybe it will start working again later.

    Wikipedia also says she died at age 72. That is younger than I would
    have guessed, since I had thought of her as having been involved in
    radicalism in the 1960s. She undoubtedly had a busy life either way.

    I'll miss you, Leslie.
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  • From Gary McGath@garym@mcgath.com to rec.music.filk on Tue Dec 2 05:08:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    On 12/2/25 1:14 AM, Paul Rubin wrote:

    Wikipedia also says she died at age 72. That is younger than I would
    have guessed, since I had thought of her as having been involved in radicalism in the 1960s. She undoubtedly had a busy life either way.

    Leslie's accounts of her age seemed to vary. That would make her younger
    than me, which feels unlikely.
    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com
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  • From Keith F. Lynch@kfl@KeithLynch.net to rec.music.filk on Sun Dec 7 14:39:37 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
    Leslie's accounts of her age seemed to vary. That would make her
    younger than me, which feels unlikely.

    Wikipedia claims she was 81.

    She was an interesting character, and I wish I could have spent more
    time with her, but I can't tolerate tobacco smoke and she couldn't
    tolerate clean air, so we could spend very little time in each other's
    company.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.
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  • From Barney Evans@beelk@cox.net to rec.music.filk on Sun Dec 7 11:15:40 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    On 12/1/2025 3:16 AM, Gary McGath wrote:
    Leslie Fish died on November 29, 2025.

    https://garymcgath.com/memoriam-leslie-fish/


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