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Sheldon Dorf, Founder of Comic-Con, Dead at 76
Reported by Eyehut - 09:01 AM 2009.11.05


Geeks around the world will mourn today, as Sheldon Dorf, the founder of the now wildly popular Comic-Con International, has died. He was 76.

A longtime friend, Greg Koudoulian, says the Ocean Beach resident died at a San Diego hospital on Tuesday from kidney failure. He had diabetes and had been hospitalized for about a year, the Associated Press reports.

Mr. Dorf, a freelance artist and comic strip letterer, founded Comic-Con in San Diego in 1970 after moving from Detroit.

Today, the convention draws 125,000 fans a year and is a major gathering for comic book fans, artists, writers and movie stars.

Comic-Con International's official website (www.Comic-Con.org) has posted a memoriam for Mr. Dorf.







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