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| − | (March 19, 1926 – August 27, 2007)
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| − | '''Joeseph Louis Hensley''' was an [[Indiana]] [[fan]] and [[pro]], active beginning in the 1930s. He produced the [[fanzine]] ''[[Apollo]]''. He was among 23 [[fen]] at [[Michicon 4]] in 1944.
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| − | He wrote [[science fiction]] and crime fiction as '''Joe L. Hensley''' and '''Louis J. A. Adams'''. His first fiction sale was the short story "And Not Quite Human" in the September 1953 issue of ''[[Beyond Fantasy Fiction]]''. He went on to publish over 20 books and some 100 short stories. His [[sf]] collaborators included [[Alexei Panshin]] and [[Harlan Ellison]].
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| − | He was a member of [[First Fandom]] and received the [[First Fandom Hall of Fame]] Award in 2006.
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| − | Joe married [[Charlotte Hensley|Charlotte Ruth Bettinger]] on June 18, 1950, and they were regulars at such [[conventions]] as [[Rivercon]] and [[Midwestcon]]. He was a Kentucky Colonel, an honor likely bestowed at Rivercon.
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| − | In [[mundane]] life, Hensley was a lawyer, prosecuting attorney, Indiana General Assembly member and Circuit Court judge. He died of complications from leukemia. His papers are at [http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/search?brand=general&style=&smode=simple&rmode=none&text1=Joe+Hensley&repository=general Indiana University].
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| − | * 1977 -- [[Rivercon III]] toastmaster
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| − | *2006 -- [[First Fandom Hall of Fame]]
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| − | '''More reading:'''
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| − | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180834/http://www.sfwa.org/news/2007/jhensley.htm Obituary]
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| − | *[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Joe_L._Hensley Bibliography at ISFDB]
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