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Tom Purdom
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By Gary Miles Verified, Tom Purdom Verified| The Philadelphia Inquirer Verified Tom Purdom, 87, of Philadelphia, prolific science fiction writer, music critic, and longtime freelance journalist for many local publications, died Sunday, Jan. 14, of cancer at his home in Center City. A lifelong writer, Mr. Purdom wrote his first story when he was 7, and his Aunt Zena, after he read it to her, said: “You should become a writer.” So he did. He published his first science-fiction story, “Grieve For a Man,” at 21 in 1957 in Fantastic Universe magazine.
By Tom Purdom Verified| Broad Street Review Verified The 1807 & Friends chamber series delivers some of its most enjoyable evenings when guitarist-composer Allen Krantz joins the festivities. For this Monday’s event, Krantz will collaborate with two other 1807 regulars, violinist Nancy Bean and cellist Lloyd Smith—a threesome they call the Florian Trio. A trio of sortsThe program includes pieces by the composers you expect to hear at a concert focused on the guitar, like Spain’s Manuel de Falla and the Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla.
By Gary Miles Verified, Tom Purdom Verified| The Philadelphia Inquirer Verified Tom Purdom, 87, of Philadelphia, prolific science fiction writer, music critic, and longtime freelance journalist for many local publications, died Sunday, Jan. 14, of cancer at his home in Center City. A lifelong writer, Mr. Purdom wrote his first story when he was 7, and his Aunt Zena, after he read it to her, said: “You should become a writer.” So he did. He published his first science-fiction story, “Grieve For a Man,” at 21 in 1957 in Fantastic Universe magazine.
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