John M. Ford died on the weekend

Ford was the influential Star Trek novelist who defined the Klingons (and many fans) for FASA's Star Trek RPG.


He died a couple of days ago:


http://www.sfwa.org/news/2006/jford.htm



A Tribute website has been created:


http://www.sfwa.org/news/2006/jford.htm


His bio:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford

Already a thread about Mike's death down in General Chat...