Offscreen Notes
Richard Matheson: RIP (February 20, 1926 - June 23, 2013)
Only a few weeks after the loss of Ray Harryhausen, the world of the Fantastic has lost another of its legends when writer Richard Matheson passed away on June 23, 2013 at the age of 87. Even is you never read one of Matheson’s novels, you no doubt saw one of his novel adaptations into film or saw one of his many screenplays for televison (notably Twilgiht Zone and Night Gallery) or cinema. His story “I am Legend” (1954), a ‘last man standing’ scenario pitting man against marauding, blood drinking undead, stands as one of most influential and important horror/SF novels of all time.
