His living will expressed his desire not to have extraordinary measures taken to keep him alive, so he was removed from life support on Thursday.
John was a few months shy of his 90th birthday, and remained productive up until his accident. He had two more books essentially finished and the upcoming issue of IJOCA largely completed.
I believe he requested cremation rather than burial, but I will provide more details as they become available. IJOCA's blog will have a formal obituary and memorials from his friends and colleagues at some point in the near future.
5/18: Time of death, and hospital information corrected.
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RIP to John Lent, a scholar-mentor who gave from the heart and pushed me and so many of my colleagues in comics studies to do better. He charted and changed the whole field.
John's cosmopolitan outlook and fierce independence, founded on love and principle, have always inspired me. His good opinion meant the world, and his unquenched curiosity and desire to connect remain, for me, awesome reminders of what is possible. We were lucky to have him, and learn from him, for so long.
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