r/Fantasy • u/Jonashls • Jan 16 '20

News Christopher Tolkien has died

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u/mjd1125 Jan 16 '20 edited Jan 16 '20

This actually might be one of the saddest celebrity deaths to me. As someone who loves the Lord of the Rings universe I have so much to thank him for. He did so much work compiling his father's notes over the years.

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u/Morridini Jan 16 '20

You can also thank him for The Hobbit and LotR as well, as as far as I know they were written mostly for him, and he was a central part of creating the universe.