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Old 01-23-2020, 07:49 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
I totally missed it, but Christopher Tolkien died a week ago on Jan. 16th at the ripe age of 95. I'm a bit surprised it didn't get more notice.

Tolkien was the literary heir of his father, and was responsible to putting his father's papers in order, editing them and publishing them, most notably The Silmarillion, but also quite a few "unfinished" works and back story for LOTR and the Hobbit.
I missed it also. After reading several of his long introductions to his father's "unfinished tales" I almost felt like I knew him. Sad news. May he rest in peace.
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