GOODBYE, JERRY OHLINGER...

You were a prolific and reliable source of cinematic dreams, Mr. Ohlinger, with infinite photographs, posters and lobby cards available for all those anxious to consume them.

When I couldn't get enough of George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" and "Dawn of the Dead", it was through your movie-material, mail-order shop that I got my desperate fix, long before VHS became the convenient norm. 

I wasn't alone with such focused pursuits. Many flocked to your store (no matter what location) for specialized slices of "Star Trek", "Star Wars", "Battlestar Galactica", "Space: 1999", Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, King Kong, Godzilla, Disney, Hammer, AIP and Universal: each and every purchaser grateful and satisfied.

You'll be missed by more than you might imagine, Mr. Ohlinger, but the materials you supplied will keep you respectfully sustained in our collective (and collectible) hearts.