Author and musician Val Warren, who was an authority on Buddy Holly and the Crickets and a leading science fiction fan, died of complications from cancer on July 25, 2011. He was born in the mid-1940s, and raised in Gardiner, New York. He was a leading fan of rocker Buddy Holly, who died in a plane crash in 1959, and became an authority on his life and career, and that of his band, the Crickets. He later formed a quartet that played in Newburgh, New York, nightspots. Warren was an editor and writer for the fantasy film magazine "Kaleidoscope" in the early 1960s. He was noted for winning first place in "Famous Monsters of Filmland"'s National Horror Makeup Contest in 1964. His werewolf makeup earned him a photo spread in "Famous Monsters" and a cameo in the 1964 AIP film "Bikini Beach" with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. He wrote the 1979 book on fantasy films "Lost Lands, Mythical Kingdoms and Unknown Worlds", and was a noted fantasy illustrator. Warren worked on a book project about Buddy Holly for many years, which remained unpublished at his death.
Author and musician Val Warren, who was an authority on Buddy Holly and the Crickets and a leading science fiction fan, died of complications from cancer on July 25, 2011. He was born in the mid-1940s, and raised in Gardiner, New York. He was a leading fan of rocker Buddy Holly, who died in a plane crash in 1959, and became an authority on his life and career, and that of his band, the Crickets. He later formed a quartet that played in Newburgh, New York, nightspots. Warren was an editor and writer for the fantasy film magazine "Kaleidoscope" in the early 1960s. He was noted for winning first place in "Famous Monsters of Filmland"'s National Horror Makeup Contest in 1964. His werewolf makeup earned him a photo spread in "Famous Monsters" and a cameo in the 1964 AIP film "Bikini Beach" with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. He wrote the 1979 book on fantasy films "Lost Lands, Mythical Kingdoms and Unknown Worlds", and was a noted fantasy illustrator. Warren worked on a book project about Buddy Holly for many years, which remained unpublished at his death. 
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