Linda AKA Meek Passed Away This morning

[ramsey37]

So are we talking about pooling UMA members' Hunchback items for a display, or somehow using Linda's Hunchback collection?
George

[josie monster]

 I'd like to donate my Don Post "Hunchback" mask to the "Bunches of Hunches" project in honor of Linda's memory.  I need a shipping address.

[gracebuster]

Such devestating news upon my arrival back here.

This was a good person, an honorable person. i don't know her faith or her believes, but i know she lived in the spirit of God's Love.

Generous, funny, smart.

May God make the remainder of her time in ths universe glorious and blessed.

[raycastile]

So are we talking about pooling UMA members' Hunchback items for a display, or somehow using Linda's Hunchback collection?
George

No, not pooling our Hunchbacks.  I'm talking about using Linda's Hunchback collection and presenting them as she would have intended.  I wouldn't be interested in doing it otherwise.

[Nightmares in plastic]

Fritz Frising set up a nice tribute page to our late friend and her art....

http://www.headlesshearseman.com/miller.html

Rainer E.

[Wich2]

"I'm talking about using Linda's Hunchback collection and presenting them as she would have intended."

With, maybe, a plain blue Marx Frankie on the side? She always spoke of that as one of the companions of her childhood.

[raycastile]

You'd swear some of those were photographs.  She had a great talent.  She didn't just nail the realism of her subjects, but also the underlying drama.   I especially like her Lugosi portraits.

Fritz Frising set up a nice tribute page to our late friend and her art....

http://www.headlesshearseman.com/miller.html

Rainer E.

[fmofmpls]

You'd swear some of those were photographs.  She had a great talent.

I was thinking the exact same thing today as I browsed through Meek's Memorial Gallery. In case some of you aren't aware of it, Mike Scott has created a Linda Miller Memorial art gallery here at UMA. It's part of our forum gallery (of which you need to be a member of the group to view).

Members click here - http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;cat=52

[gillgrappler]

I haven't been able to make the rounds here as much as I should.
When I finally come by, I am confronted with this terrible news.

Linda was someone I would have liked to have met eventually in person.
She was a kind soul with a love for classic horror. She was a very talented artist.  Her watercolors are amazing. When I see them online I still swear they are sketches!

A fitting tribute would be for each of us to make some kind of donation to the library whre she worked for so long. A classic horror book, vhs, dvd, cd or something along those lines.

Stunned and saddened.


Gillgrappler   

[josie monster]

 Her eye for detail was so incredible, and the various tones for shading perfection.  I would have to agree, like looking at photographs.  I've seen some of these, but most I haven't.  Thanks for posting these.

[David Lennick]

I signed up here just now so I could pass on my condolences, having received the terse e-mail that I guess went out to everyone in Linda's address book this morning (Saturday). I'm shocked. I did the late night radio program "Night Camp" on the CBC from 1985 to 1990 and Linda was one of my most faithful listeners, writing regularly, sending amazing artwork (the one she did of Ron Moody after we had him as a guest is still in the collection of my producer John Stinchcombe), and keeping up a correspondence long after the show's demise. Whoever has set up the website showcasing Linda's fabulous drawings..try and get hold of the Pearl CD "Kurt Weill--From Berlin to Broadway" (GEMM CDS 9189). The poster on the left side of the cover isn't the original from 1928, it's Linda's version done in 1990 and her name is on it.

[Mike Scott]

The poster on the left side of the cover isn't the original from 1928, it's Linda's version done in 1990 and her name is on it.

[ramsey37]

No, not pooling our Hunchbacks.  I'm talking about using Linda's Hunchback collection and presenting them as she would have intended.  I wouldn't be interested in doing it otherwise.

Ah, ok. I agree that would be the way to go, if her family was willing to play along. Speaking of her family, does anyone know what her mother's financial situation is? I know Meek's brother doesn't live near their mother, and I wondered how well she'd be able to look after herself with Linda gone. Perhaps a fundraiser of some sorts to benefit Meek's Mom wouldn't be out of line?
George

[Trap-Door Maker]

My thoughts and condolences go out to her family and friends. It's comforting to know that she has so many caring peers to honor and remember her.









http://www.neckboltpublishing.com

[Bogey]

Wow.  I have a handful of Pearl lable cds in my classical music collection (not the one shown though).  This is quite another accomplishment of Linda's as these Pearl lable recordings are regarded by a number of us that collect classical historical recordings to be some of the best out there due to their subtle remastering techniques.  In short (and I believe you can hear this), Bravo Linda! for this effort and your selection of art being used here.