Shel Dorf, once the letterer of Steve Canyon, and a founder of the San Diego Comic Convention, has been hospitalized since April and word is that he now needs permanent long-term care.
An e-mail from his friend Charlie Roberts has been circulating and is partially reprinted below:
“Wanted to let you know that Shel has been at Sharp Hospital in Kearny Mesa since April……yes, April (!)
“David Siegel called us Wednesday night about this, and my wife Joan and I went down to Shel’s home in Ocean Beach near San Diego on Thanksgiving where his brother Mike is moving everything out. I’ve known Mike since the 1980s, though it’s been some 20 years since I’ve seen him.
“Today Joan and I went with David Siegel to see Shel. He’s lost some weight and is fragile, but we had a brief and friendly visit with him. He’s extremely hard of hearing,...
An e-mail from his friend Charlie Roberts has been circulating and is partially reprinted below:
“Wanted to let you know that Shel has been at Sharp Hospital in Kearny Mesa since April……yes, April (!)
“David Siegel called us Wednesday night about this, and my wife Joan and I went down to Shel’s home in Ocean Beach near San Diego on Thanksgiving where his brother Mike is moving everything out. I’ve known Mike since the 1980s, though it’s been some 20 years since I’ve seen him.
“Today Joan and I went with David Siegel to see Shel. He’s lost some weight and is fragile, but we had a brief and friendly visit with him. He’s extremely hard of hearing,...
- 12/8/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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