Photo Story: Madle at 100
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Legendary fan and bookseller Robert A. Madle turned 100 years old on June 2, 2020. Madle was one of the founders of First Fandom and served as their first president, and is one of the only surviving attendees of the first Worldcon in 1939.
This story and more like it in the July 2020 issue of Locus.
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