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Actually Scott passed away January 2nd of this year. A fact that I didn't know about until last week, when sitting in line at the 2014 Comic-Con International, I was flipping through the 2014 Souvenir Book. Something I usually do when waiting in the long lines at the convention. When I flipped to page 214, which was part of the 'In Memoriam' section, I was surprised to see: Scott Stuart Norton (1952-2014). I did a double take. The photo to the right of the article was indeed an earlier photo of Scott, my high school friend. I was floored! This shocked me, as he was the same age as I. We had spent the Sophmore & Junior years of High School together at Mar Vista High School in Imperial Beach. Whereas I graduated in 1970 there, Scott & his mother had moved to Chula Vista, and he graduated from Bonita High School, also in 1970. While at Mar Vista, he and I had participated in the Chess Club, and during our matches we had talked about our love of comic books. Plus we both had been reading some sci-fi books, which we shared with each other. It was a shame that he moved to Chula Vista... But in 1975 I invited him and one other High School friend, David Heilman, to my first wedding. I had moved by then to the Los Angeles Metro Area, and basically lost touch with Scott over the years. He connected with me via Facebook, sending a friend invite in April of 2010. I gladly accepted, and we missed seeing each other at the CONjecture 2010 convention. I then took pains to see him at the CONdor 2011 convention, a photo of us is shown at the top left of this blog post, (above). Scott basically went more toward sci-fi over the years, although he did work on staff at the San Diego Comic Con in the 1980s. Readers of this blog know that I haven't missed a year of the Comic-Con since 1991, but I have also attended a few other conventions, Xena, X-Files, Quantum Leap, CONjecture, CONdor, anime, etc., etc. Scott was a co-founder of CONdor, but he was most pleased with his bringing of the 1990 Nasfic to San Diego as his biggest fannish accomplishment. My thoughts during the past several days have been on Scott. I'm sad to hear of his passing, but also glad that he was remembered in the Comic-Con International Souvenir Book with a fitting tribute to him. That would have pleased him greatly... ~Michael
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #4006 - I thought I would mention the passing of my high school friend, Scott S. Norton in this blog today.
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