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Ishi Press Founder Bozulich Dead at 75?

Reports of the death of Richard Bozulich(at left), Ishi Press founder and the father of the English-language go publishing industry, began circulating on the Internet last Saturday. Originating from a post on GoGameGuru, the report of Bozulich’s death at 75 quickly spread across Twitter and other social media and became a focus of discussion on Lifein19x19. The GoGameGuru post was based on an extensive obituary emailed to GGG which was marked "Special to the Japan Times," however, we have been unable thus far to either find the obit on the Timeswebsite or independently confirm Bozulich’s death through our sources in Japan. Stay tuned for further updates as more information becomes available. photo: Richard Bozulich (at left) with Neville Smythe, President of the Australian Go Association (center) and go writer John Power at the 2008 World Amateur Go Championships; photo by John Pinkerton.