Lutto nel mondo del fumetto è morto Gary Friedrich, co-creatore di Ghost Rider

Lo scrittore Gary Friedrich, co-creatore di Ghost Rider assieme a Roy Thomas e Mike Ploog (disegni) si è spento martedì all’età di 75 anni.

Attraverso un post su Facebook, il collega Tony Isabella ha pubblicato la seguente dichiarazione a nome di Thomas:

I won’t go into details at this point, but I wanted to mention that one of my oldest and dearest friends, Gary Friedrich, passed away last night, from the effects of Parkison’s, which he had had for several years. That and his near-total hearing loss had left him feeling isolated in recent years, and his wife Jean seems content that he is finally at peace. As many of you will know, he did considerable work for Marvel during the late 1960s and 1970s, and for Charlton in the 1960s, including a remembered run on SGT. FURY, stints on CAPTAIN AMERICA, DAREDEVIL, SHIELD, and others, and of course the basic concept/creation of the motorcycle-riding Ghost Rider at Marvel. I’d know Gary since I was in college and he still in high school, when he came to work at the Palace Theatre in Jackson, MO, and some of my happiest memories of our days in the rock band he founded circa 1962 and which existed for a couple of years.

Negli ultimi anni, il nome di Friedrich era salito nuovamente agli onori della cronaca per la causa intentata contro la Marvel nel 2007 per la paternità e la riconoscenza dei diritti d’autore di Ghost Rider, risolta poi nel 2013 con un accordo privato.

Fonte CBR.com