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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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  • From Barry Gold@barrydgold@ca.rr.com to rec.music.filk on Thu May 14 08:03:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    On 12/7/2025 6:39 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    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.

    There was one convention - I think in Texas - where the filk rooms (2nd
    floor) had sliding glass doors opening on a roof over part of the first
    floor. When Leslie felt the need to smoke, she would go outside, then
    come back an rejoin the circle. I'm not sure how somebody who is really sensitive to tobacco would feel - some of the smoke was bound to cling
    to her clothes. But I didn't detect any smell of smoke.
    --
    I do so have a memory. It's backed up on DVD... somewhere...

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