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November 18, 2009
RIP Harry Helms
RIP Harry Helms
Back in the '60s, trucks from the Helms Bakery of Culver City delivered bread every morning to our neighborhood. Author Harry Helms was not related to that particular Helms, but like the bakery Harry is now unavailable to us, and we miss him already.
We published two of Harry's books: "Inside the Shadow Government: National Emergencies and the Cult of Secrecy" (now out of print), and "Top Secret Tourism: Your Travel Guide to Germ Warfare Laboratories, Clandestine Aircraft Bases and Other Places in the United States You're Not Supposed to Know About" (in print). Both of Harry's titles were both disturbing, but entirely backed up, and both entirely sidestepped the "conspiracy theorist" insult. He was a practical and resourceful man, and his easygoing qualities made working with him a great pleasure.
In the '70s, '80s, and '90s, Harry wrote about computers, shortwave and ham radios. And in the oughts, Feral House veered him into political investigations. Harry passed away on November 15, at the age of 57, from cancer. He leaves behind his charming and devoted partner,
Dianna.
Posted by feral at November 18, 2009 10:08 AM
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