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Ronald William 'Josh' Kirby [27 November]? 1928 - [23 October]? 2001 |
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Ronald William 'Josh' Kirby November 27 1928 - October 23 2001 |
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Painted film-posters, magazine and (especially) book covers. Creating a total of over 400 cover paintings, his personal preference was for sci-fi? jackets (for example see [Robert Silverberg]?'s Majipoor novels and Kirby's own Voyage of the Ayeguy) but his work on the covers of Terry Pratchett's Discworld? series of novels is well known. Worked almost exclusively in oils. |
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Painted film-posters, magazine and (especially) book covers. Creating a total of over 400 cover paintings, his personal preference was for sci-fi? jackets (for example see [Robert Silverberg]?'s Majipoor novels and Kirby's own Voyage of the Ayeguy) but his work on the covers of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels is well known. Worked almost exclusively in oils. |
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His death was unexpected but of natural causes, he died in his sleep aged 72. |
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