Forrest J. Ackerman Dead at 92

Forrest J. Ackerman Dead at 92

Forrest J. Ackerman, who launched the first movie monster magazine in 1958, Famous Monsters of Filmland, amassed one of the greatest collections of horror movie memorabilia of all time, and influenced a generation of fans and movie directors, died of heart failure at the age of 92 at his home in Los Angeles late Thursday night. Ackerman also created the Vampirella character for Warren Publishing and coined the phrase “sci-fi” in the 1950s, inspired by the newly popular compacted-hyphenate “hi-fi.” He will be greatly missed.

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