Comments on: Randy Bathurst’s Death Reported in Newsweek

By: Amanda Bathurst

Amanda Bathurst — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:46:36 +0000

I’m one of his daughters and it was a sad day. Also his death notices was published in the local Oakland Press the mortician payed for it because my mom wanted it in that one and i really miss him.

By: Leah Zeldes Smith

Leah Zeldes Smith — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:27:29 +0000

I too looked for a death notice — I guess that’s another thing the cut-rate mortician doesn’t provide. (Usually, death notices are sent to newspapers by the funeral home, and in many cases, newspapers charge a fee to run them.) I guess cheap shots about the deceased (“charge by the pound”) are free.

Randy was a truly talented artist, and one of those who was always drawing, like Rotsler. He worked in a variety of media — he did chess sets and other sculptures besides the FAAn Awards, and I remember some pieces in stained glass — and he had a wonderful, whimsical sense of humor. He was also a genuinely nice person.

It was a sad loss when he married and his wife convinced him to work in her family’s florist shop instead of pursuing an art career (not to mention determinedly cutting him off from fandom and his earlier friends).

By: Stu Shiffman

Stu Shiffman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:56:25 +0000

He was a very sweet man and a talented cartoonist. I was very glad to have known him, always delighted in his company and doing cartoon jams. I’m just sorry that I hadn’t been in touch with Randy in many years.

By: Geri Sullivan

Geri Sullivan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:10:28 +0000

Wow. Like you, I wouldn’t have expected to see that in Newsweek. Thanks for the link to the additional details.

I was the someone who added Randy’s name to the SF Memorial List on LiveJournal after seeing a note about it from Joel Zakem. He’s the one who heard about it from Mike Glicksohn.

My condolences to Diane and the rest of Randy’s family and friends. So fast, so young.

By: David K. M. Klaus

David K. M. Klaus — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:33:44 +0000

If I remember correctly, there were fanzine articles in the late ’70s which mentioned that he was that rarity of rarities, a fan who was also an athlete, as he was on his college diving team.