Thursday, March 19, 2009

FEBRUARY 21, 2008




Today, Noah and the rest of us lost a truly good friend. Ben Chapman (the man in the picture with Noah), the man who played the Gill-Man on land in the original Creature from the Black Lagoon back in 1954, died Thursday morning at 12:15am Hawaii time.
Ben loved Noah and always had a hug and kiss for him when he saw him. We met Ben at the Monster Bash in Pittsburgh four or five years ago. He always struck me as a guy who was just happy people remembered him (especially in a costumed role in a 50 year old movie). He loved meeting fans and regaled everyone with great stories from his life.
We called Ben Noah's third grandpa. We told Noah today that Grandpa Ben was an angel now. As someone else said, today the Black Lagoon is a little blacker. We'll miss you, old friend.

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