Joan Winston
Encyclopedia
Joan Winston was an American
Trekker who helped organize the first Star Trek
fan convention and became a key figure in the subculture.
. Winston was able to secure his attendance at the first convention, and she also arranged for tapes of 15 episodes, a blooper reel, and a truck of space memorabilia from NASA. After helping to coordinate the first four conventions, Winston became a sought-after guest in her own right at the many rival conventions that popped up. She wrote Star Trek Lives in 1975 with Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Sondra Marshak and The Making of the Trek Conventions in 1977, as well as numerous fan publications for the original and subsequent series.
Winston died of Alzheimer's disease
in Manhattan
.
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Trekker who helped organize the first Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
fan convention and became a key figure in the subculture.
Life and career
Fellow fans compare her level of devotion to Betty Jo Trimble, the fan who led the campaign to keep Star Trek on the air. Winston attended the filming of what would be the final episode and impressed everyone on set, including creator Gene RoddenberryGene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer...
. Winston was able to secure his attendance at the first convention, and she also arranged for tapes of 15 episodes, a blooper reel, and a truck of space memorabilia from NASA. After helping to coordinate the first four conventions, Winston became a sought-after guest in her own right at the many rival conventions that popped up. She wrote Star Trek Lives in 1975 with Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Sondra Marshak and The Making of the Trek Conventions in 1977, as well as numerous fan publications for the original and subsequent series.
Winston died of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
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