Some saddish news for LOTR fans. [Archive]

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XRogue

01-30-2003, 10:23 AM

The eldest son of The Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien has died at the age of 85. Father John Tolkien, heir to the multi-million family estate, died after a 50-year career with the Catholic church in the Midlands.

Stang

01-30-2003, 10:36 AM

KitZune

01-30-2003, 04:43 PM

Awwwwwwwwwwwww.... that's sad... I say we freeze christopher tolkein while we still have him and unfreeze him in an era where we can keep him alive forever.

Cerberus

01-31-2003, 11:08 PM

bummer

Aluscia

02-08-2003, 05:30 AM

well, it's good and bad at the same time because I heard that some nasty allegations were going to come up against him (sexual abuse, etc). I agree with Kitz about CHristopher, tho.

XRogue

02-08-2003, 06:57 AM

I'd heard about that too. :\

You doing ok, Laur?