In One Ear: Astoria notables
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Two notables with Astoria connections have died.
Dan Goozee (left), 80, a former Walt Disney Imagineering theme park consultant and movie poster artist, who was born in Astoria in 1943, died on April 7.
Goozee was a production illustrator on “Doctor Dolittle” (1967), “Tora! Tora! Tora!” (1970), “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972) and “The Towering Inferno” (1974), as well as a set illustrator on “Battle for the Planet of the Apes” (1973). He also worked on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977), before joining Walt Disney Imagineering.
Besides his work for Disney, he created original art for three James Bond films, and handled effects work for “Battlestar Galactica” (1978) and “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” (1979).
Clemens “Clem” Starck (right), 86, described as “an essential plain-spoken poet of work” by The New York Times, died March 21.
Of local interest, he is credited with being the inspiration for the FisherPoets Gathering, which started in 1998. On Starck’s website, FisherPoets founder Jon Broderick said: “Clem wrote poetry about work. I had never considered doing that. I immediately thought about the fishermen I knew who wrote, and decided to get a few people together to give it a try.” (Photos: The Disney Blog/clemstarck.com)
