Another loss

Amira passed away yesterday. I don't have many reliable details, but I know that she was quite ill, and this was not exactly unexpected. Still, losing her and my friend Millie within a few weeks of each other amplifies the lousiness.

The southwestern Virginia fans here should remember her as a fixture and frequent guest of the SWVA convention scene. She always had energy and an opinion, and pitched in often when she felt her talents would be useful.

I'm really glad there's footage of her bellydancing on the Technicon 24 DVD. It's not an awful way to be remembered.

A little more about Amira

Amira's (extremely brief at the moment) obituary is posted at Legacy.com; choose "Victoria Lynn Bedford".

As I understand it secondhand, by November of last year she was suffering from the return of a tumor, and this time she had decided not to receive chemo or radiation.

This is everything I know at the moment.