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Robert "Ozzie" Osband was a long-time Florida [[fan]] and space enthusiast.  (He is credited with getting the "3-2-1" telephone area code for the Space Coast in Florida.) He was a member of the [[New York in '83]] Worldcon [[bid]].
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'''Robert "Ozzie" Osband''' (aka '''Richard Cheshire''') was a longtime [[Florida]] [[fan]] and space enthusiast.  (He is credited with getting the "3-2-1" telephone area code for the Space Coast in Florida.) He was a member of the [[New York in '83]] Worldcon [[bid]] and a Phone Phreak.  
  
[https://file770.com/two-vain-guys-named-robert/ A story about Osband by Bill Higgins]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190420212302/http://spaceyideas.com/cheshire/ Richard Cheshire website] (archived).
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*[https://file770.com/two-vain-guys-named-robert/ A story about Osband] and [[Robert Heinlein]] by [[Bill Higgins]], ''[[File 770]]'', April 26, 2022.
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181222193733/http:/cheshirecatalyst.com/321/ “How I Got My Very Own Area Code”] by Richard Cheshire.
  
  
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Revision as of 02:10, 11 August 2023

(1951 – August 6, 2023)

Robert "Ozzie" Osband (aka Richard Cheshire) was a longtime Florida fan and space enthusiast. (He is credited with getting the "3-2-1" telephone area code for the Space Coast in Florida.) He was a member of the New York in '83 Worldcon bid and a Phone Phreak.



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