# Watching the skies, from the sky.  Bill Warren has died.

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**Created:** [October 8, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-skies-from-the-sky-bill-warren-has-died/767954 "2016-10-08T17:01:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
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Film Historian [Bill Warren](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Warren_(film_historian_and_critic)), author of _Keep Watching The Skies!_, about science fiction films from 1950 to 1962, has died.

I think I met him once or twice back in the early-'80s. I can’t remember. But my best **fiend** got an acknowledgement in the book.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-skies-from-the-sky-bill-warren-has-died/767954/2 "2016-10-08T19:29:58Z")

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Never met him, but I got to know him pretty well on GEnie and later on Facebook. His knowledge of the genre was wide-ranging and I liked his critical perspective.

Sorry he’s gone.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-skies-from-the-sky-bill-warren-has-died/767954/3 "2016-10-08T21:23:22Z")

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Aw. Damn. Had some good exchanges (and a few genial arguments) with him back in the FIDO and early Usenet days.

Hope you’ve got a good seat in the big balcony, Bill.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-skies-from-the-sky-bill-warren-has-died/767954/4 "2016-10-09T14:21:57Z")

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> Warren died in his sleep on October 7, 2016 at the age of 73.[4] He had been suffering from an array of infections that his doctors had been unable to identify.

The Elder Gods finally took him out. ☹