Scott Cunningham

27th June 1956 – 28th March 1993

The author of more than thirty books on Wicca and various other alternative religious subjects.

His work Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, is one of the most successful books on Wicca ever published; he was a friend of notable occultists and Wiccans such as Raymond Buckland, was a member of the Serpent Stone Family, and received his Third Degree Initiation as a member of that coven.

A sudden onset of health issues began to affect his public appearances, then later his writing. In 1983 he was diagnosed with Lymphoma, a form of cancer. To make matters worse in 1990, he also contracted Cryptococcal Meningitis. His health continued to decline as he suffered opportunistic infections related to his primary disease. Finally on the 28th March 1993 he succumbed, and passed from this world and into the next. During his brief life time, only 37 years, he had been an ambassador of the pagan way of life and his books continue to influence many who would follow on a similar path.

There is no death.
The dust we tread shall change between the showers
To golden grain or rainbow tinted flowers.
And ever near us though unseen,
The Immortal spirits tread
Through all the boundless universe in life
There are no dead

~A. Perry

Information from Wikipedia and Controverscial.