RIP Alton Kelley

deliahdelyon · #1 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 10:59 AM

One of the best has passed on...RIP my man

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Our dearest Kelley passed early this morning, peacefully at home. He returned home last Wednesday, so very happy to be out of the hospital and back home. Marguerite was by his side, as she has been from the beginning. The family asks for solitude and will announce a memorial to celebrate Kelley at a later date. In lieu of flowers, an account will be set up at the Western St. branch of Washington Mutual to raise funds for a bench in a Sonoma County park. Peace and much love to Kelley's immediate family and wide group of friends and fellow artists. Your caring thoughts and words sustained Kelley throughout his illness.

here's the link to his caringbridge page
CaringBridge. Free Websites That Support And Connect Loved Ones During Critical Illness.

squeegeethree · #2 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 11:04 AM

He was one of the greats. His design sense has become nearly ubiquitous.

electrachrome · #3 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 11:24 AM

This is sad news.

I really thought he would pull through this.

may you have a peaceful voyage through the next world.

Grushkin · #4 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 12:03 PM

As the blues song goes, "another man done gone, another man done gone, gone on the county farm, another man done gone."

I personally will miss his laugh, the twinkle in his eyes, the giggle in which he did his work. He was of a time most of us will not remember. He was one of the first ten people in SF who were beyond the Beats, who felt that something new was in the air and was about to happen. Then he, along with Luria Castell and others, put on the first Family Dog dances in the psychedelic era, before Chet Helms, before Bill Graham.

Kelley was a pioneer. He contributed to great art, he was a wonderful collaborator with Stanley Mouse, and he had an impact on all our lives, those of us who work in and create with the visual arts.

I will miss him. I'm helping write his obit with his wife Marguerite and his family and his close associates, and of course Stanley.

Another man done gone. RIP Alton Kelley. Kick some hot rod tires wherever you've flown to.

scrojo · #5 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 12:19 PM

at peace and at home . not a bad way to go. he will definetely be missed and remembered.

curious to see what kind of feeding frenzy happens at TRPS.

worthless fuckstick · #6 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 12:21 PM

Thanks for all the good times we had alton,

You will be missed, but for sure with smiles on our faces.

your art lives on!

We were very lucky to have the honor of hanging out with you.

As Paul just said another one gone.....but NOT FORGOTTEN!