Robert Shekeli died

The famous science fiction writer Robert Shekeli died on Friday, December 9, 2005. He was 77 years old. He died in Vassar Hospital at the UKOKIPSI, New York. The death of the writer is reported on his website . The place and time of the funeral will be declared until the political.

In recent months, Shekeli was seriously ill. Arriving in Ukraine in May of this year at the science fiction forum, he fell ill and after few days he was hospitalized with the diagnosis of "progressive respiratory failure." Then the shekels were connected to the apparatus of artificial breathing.

There were problems with paying for medical services. The writer lost the insurance medical policy, and there was no one to pay for his treatment. His relatives turned through the Internet to all admirers of the writer's talent with a request for help.

At the end of May, shekels became better, and he was able to return to his homeland.