Fandom: Sad news

Via Ansible:

Diana Wynne Jones, after much consultation with her husband and specialists, has decided to abandon chemotherapy (which is serving only to make her feel very ill indeed) and resign herself to whatever may follow. Her senior oncologist fears she has 'months rather than years', but we all hope that – as once or twice before – Diana can still surprise the medical profession. May the good luck return.

Oh, dear ...

Also of note from the same issue: Martin Gardner, he of The Annotated Alice, The Annotated Wizard of Oz, and other wonderful things, passed on May 22. Now I'm really depressed.