{"id":107518,"date":"2020-01-16T13:53:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T18:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=107518"},"modified":"2020-01-16T14:56:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:56:28","slug":"christopher-tolkien-passes-away-at-the-age-of-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2020\/01\/16\/107518-christopher-tolkien-passes-away-at-the-age-of-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Tolkien Passes Away at the Age of 95"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<br><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Christopher-Tolkien-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107532 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Christopher-Tolkien-Photo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Christopher-Tolkien-Photo-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\">It is with a heavy heart that I write this news. Christopher Tolkien has passed away. He was 95 years old.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christopher was the third son of our beloved author Professor J.R.R. Tolkien, and had spent much of his life honoring his father&#8217;s legacy and bringing us so many of the Professor&#8217;s works posthumously. He edited and published such monumental works as <em>The Silmarillion<\/em>, <em>The Unfinished Tales<\/em>, <em>The Book of Lost Tales<\/em>, <em>The History of Middle-earth<\/em> and, in recent years, the individually released tales of <em>The Children of Hurin<\/em>, <em>Beren and Luthien<\/em>, and <em>The Fall of Gondolin<\/em>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p> It is difficult to fathom a world without Christopher. We would know so much less about his father and the world he created without him. We all owe him a debt that can never be repaid. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the Tolkien family and to all of his fans around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rest in Peace, Mr. Tolkien. Thank you for everything you gifted us.  \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Christopher Tolkien has died at the age of 95. The Tolkien Society sends its deepest condolences to Baillie, Simon, Adam, Rachel and the whole Tolkien family. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X83PTx4b7x\">pic.twitter.com\/X83PTx4b7x<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tolkien Society (@TolkienSociety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TolkienSociety\/status\/1217865106652123137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with a heavy heart that I write this news. Christopher Tolkien has passed away. 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