Ben Chapman 1925-2008

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Dear friends:

Danny Roebuck is having a party in memory of Ben Chapman at his Burbank home on April 13th. He is inviting only those by emai. If you have email addresses of those that worked in the Sci-Fi shows who knew Ben get them to Danny. Danny would also like an RSVP from all email invitees. I wish I could be there.

Merrilee Kazarian-Chapman (Ben's wife), and Ben Chapman, III his young son will be attending the party. They're having a pvt service on Universal (back) lot for only 5 relatives a day before the party.

Here is Danny email contact. According to Merilee, Danny respected Ben as a hanai (adopted) father image: Danro8@yahoo.com

Love & Aloha,

Pono & Jeff

Services, canoe procession for horror-film icon Ben Chapman

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

Ben Chapman, the Honolulu resident who played the title character in the 1954 sci-fi horror film "Creature From the Black Lagoon," will be remembered in a pair of memorial services, one in Honolulu, the other in Hollywood.

The Honolulu service will be at 9 a.m. March 29 at St. Augustine-By-The-Sea Church in Waikiki, with the scattering of his ashes following at 10:30 a.m., according to Merrilee Kazarian, Chapman's longtime companion. Those eager to participate in the outrigger procession should meet at 10:30 a.m. and bring loose flowers.

A second remembrance will be "a very small private scattering ceremony with the remaining ashes in April, at Universal Studios' back-lot 'lagoon' where 'CFTBL' was filmed," said Kazarian. She will attend along with Chapman's son.

Chapman appeared widely at sci-fi and collectibles shows to talk about his role as the Gill Man, a quintessential horror-film monster in the black-and-white and 3-D feature.

He died Feb. 21 at Tripler Medical Center.

Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com

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