http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Patten
Anyway, he's a pioneering fan in his late 60's and had a stroke in 2005. He still goes to conventions and talks on panels. He's selling off some Disney cels to help pay medical bills, plus a rare board game based on Tezuka's "Don Dracula" (1972).
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZt3ghia