Sad message from Christine Geraghty at the LSE. Dear colleagues We are sorry to tell you the very sad news of Roger Silverstone's death yesterday. We would be most grateful if you would pass this on to other colleagues and to any distribution lists of Media and Communucations scholars which you maintain. Many thanks and best wishes ROGER SILVERSTONE 15 JUNE 1945 - 16 JULY 2006 Convenor, Department of Media and Communications, LSE The faculty, staff and students mourn the sudden passing of Roger Silverstone, who died peacefully on 16 July surrounded by his family. Roger had undergone corrective surgery last week but died of complications yesterday morning. This news has come as a profound shock to all of us in Roger's Department of Media and Communications, the wider LSE community, and will deeply affect very many people around the world whose lives were touched by Roger ( http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/whosWho/rogerSilverstone.htm ) If you need more information, please email Jean Morris at jean.morris@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6490, and we will reply as soon as we can. We ask your patience and cooperation at this difficult time. Tributes - a webpage of tributes and condolences is being established, and will be posted later this week. If you would like to email tributes please send these to tributes@lse.ac.uk Jean Morris Administrator Dept of Media and Communications Tel: +44 (0)207 955 6490 Email: jean.morris@lse.ac.uk Room S116B London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street LONDON WC2A 2AE -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 14/07/2006