Comments on: Death of a Gill Man, Ben Chapman R.I.P. http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2008/02/22/death-of-a-gill-man-ben-chapman-rip/ science edu + ocean info / gelatinous for the masses Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:36:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jason http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2008/02/22/death-of-a-gill-man-ben-chapman-rip/#comment-47612 Jason Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:19:25 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2008/02/22/death-of-a-gill-man-ben-chapman-rip/#comment-47612 Steve, thanks for sharing. I guess prior to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/" rel="nofollow">1975</a>, this was the scariest thing coming out of the water. I am glad it inspired instead of frightened. I hope you get a chance to also share this with <a href="http://www.the-reelgillman.com/" rel="nofollow">Ben's official memorial site</a>. Some others have already begun to do so. <blockquote>If you have a memory you would like (to share), e-mail: kenroar (at) yahoo dot com.</blockquote> Steve, thanks for sharing. I guess prior to 1975, this was the scariest thing coming out of the water. I am glad it inspired instead of frightened. I hope you get a chance to also share this with Ben’s official memorial site. Some others have already begun to do so.

If you have a memory you would like (to share), e-mail: kenroar (at) yahoo dot com.

]]> By: Dr. Steve Lipson http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2008/02/22/death-of-a-gill-man-ben-chapman-rip/#comment-47610 Dr. Steve Lipson Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:56:48 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2008/02/22/death-of-a-gill-man-ben-chapman-rip/#comment-47610 As a little boy, I was taken to the movies by my father to see "The Creature From the Black Lagoon." It was this film that put my life in the direction to which it has taken. I spent spent my summers through high school, college and graduatre school as a lifeguard at coney Island (my latter years on the job served as Chief Lifguard). "The Creature..." imprinted the aquatic world into my mind and that resulted in my devoting my life to the sea. In addition to the lifeguard job, I earned a Master's degree in Marine Biology. I went on to a Ph.D. degree in Biology and devoted my life to water-borne viral diseases - indirectly due to Ben Chapman and his work in the "Creature...". I an a SCUBA diver and to this day, I imagine that I am the creature swimming under water in the Black Lagoon. I even found an inlet off the Jersey coast called (by the locals) the Black Lagoon. Indeed, "The Creature From thre Black Lagoon" and Ben Chapman were and still are, significant parts of my life! As a little boy, I was taken to the movies by my father to see “The Creature From the Black Lagoon.” It was this film that put my life in the direction to which it has taken. I spent spent my summers through high school, college and graduatre school as a lifeguard at coney Island (my latter years on the job served as Chief Lifguard). “The Creature…” imprinted the aquatic world into my mind and that resulted in my devoting my life to the sea. In addition to the lifeguard job, I earned a Master’s degree in Marine Biology. I went on to a Ph.D. degree in Biology and devoted my life to water-borne viral diseases - indirectly due to Ben Chapman and his work in the “Creature…”. I an a SCUBA diver and to this day, I imagine that I am the creature swimming under water in the Black Lagoon. I even found an inlet off the Jersey coast called (by the locals) the Black Lagoon. Indeed, “The Creature From thre Black Lagoon” and Ben Chapman were and still are, significant parts of my life!

]]> By: Needcoffee.com http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2008/02/22/death-of-a-gill-man-ben-chapman-rip/#comment-47390 Needcoffee.com Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:41:40 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2008/02/22/death-of-a-gill-man-ben-chapman-rip/#comment-47390 <strong>RIP: Ben Chapman...</strong> Actor Ben Chapman, the on-land portion of The Creature From the Black Lagoon, has left us. Rest well, sir. Received the word via Cephalopodcast. Image. ...... RIP: Ben Chapman…

Actor Ben Chapman, the on-land portion of The Creature From the Black Lagoon, has left us. Rest well, sir.
Received the word via Cephalopodcast.
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