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Kelly Turner, November 6, 1961-September 18, 2005
Kelly Turner passed away today after a brief and completely unexpected
illness. He was rushed to Irvine Medical Center on September 5th with an
extremely high temperature, extremely low blood pressure, and possible
organ damage. He remained in Intensive Care for several days while
doctors attempted to stabilize him and figure out what had happened.
Despite their best efforts, including dialysis to take the load off his
organs, he fell into a persistent vegetative state on September 13th,
with no brain activity. He had a Living Will and left explicit
instructions that extraordinary measures should not be taken to preserve
his life, so life support was withdrawn yesterday afternoon, in the
presence of his family, in accordance with his wishes.
He passed peacefully in his sleep this morning in the arms of his life
partner.
Kelly is survived by his mother, Rosetta Turner, three older siblings,
and by his life partner, Tom Grossinger.
Cards and flowers may be sent to:
Mrs. Etta Turner
971 Bordon Road #153
San Marcos, CA 92069
Tom Grossinger
320 South 13th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Plans for a memorial service are forthcoming, and will be announced here
when they are known.
Kelly was an active fan and costumer in the 70's, 80's, and early 90's.
He was part of the crew that built the "V'Ger Flyby" sets for STAR TREK:
THE MOTION PICTURE in 1979. He worked on the committees of Costume-Con 1
and 2, and chaired Costume-Con 6. He was Masquerade Director for the
1986 Westercon in San Diego. He was the managing editor of the first
nine editions of The Whole Costumer's Catalogue. He also was the editor
of Costumer's Quarterly for the ICG for several years. He competed in
the Master division, and his costume credits include THE EGYPTIAN GODS,
PYROGENESIS, TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD, and NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN. In
real life, Kelly worked in the video game industry. He started as a
programmer at the coin-op division of Atari in 1984 (his games included
Super Sprint, Vindicators, and Tetris). Over the last 20 years, he
worked in virtually every aspect of development and production at such
companies as Atari, P.F. Magic, Virgin Interactive, Rhythm & Hues, The
3DO Company, and Eidos. Most recently, he was Executive Producer of
external development at Eidos, Inc, and sat on the Board of Governors of
the Producer's Guild of America's New Media Council.
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