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Subject: [Leica] Fred Spira is Dead
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Sat Sep 15 20:39:12 2007
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Fred Spira of Spiratone died on 2 SEP 2007. I
only met him a couple of times -- others knew him
better. The obits are full of
inflated claims but it is hard to overstate his
impact on the US photography industry from the
late 1940's to the late 1980's. He left one hell of a hole.
Marc
msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
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