From: le@lekno.ws   
      
   The Wikipedes (at least initially from a German-language   
   source) report the death of Erich Von Daniken,born April 14th 1935,   
   on January 10th 2026.   
      
   In about 1973 I watched a television special called   
   "In Search of Ancient Astronauts" that amounted to an   
   extended commercial for Von Daniken's "Chariots of the   
   Gods?" which I subsequently purchased,trusting the   
   dramatic representations of its significance on the show;   
   I later got his second book,"Gods From Outer Space",   
   not knowing he had written it while in prison for fraud.   
      
   I did not keep up with his subsequent writings as I was   
   clued in to the dubious nature of his contentions,but   
   I know he stayed a fad for some years afterward,CotG   
   printings shifting the cover headline from "Featured   
   on TV as 'In Search of Ancient Astronauts' to 'Now   
   A Major Motion Picture From Sun International'" when   
   the theatrical version of the disinfomercial was   
   released.   
      
   He kept promoting his theories but is now at last   
   deceased.   
      
   -=-=-   
   The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)