John Michell, Author And Eccentric, Dies At 76

John Michell, Author and Eccentric, Dies at 76

By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Published: May 3, 2009

John Michell, a self-styled Merlin of the 1960s English counterculture who inspired disciples like the Rolling Stones with a deluge of writings about U.F.O.'s, prehistoric architecture and fairies when he was not describing fascinating eccentrics or the perils of the metric system died on April 24 in Poole, England. He was 76.

The cause was cancer, Jason Goodwin, his son, said.

Mr. Michell's intellectual idiosyncrasies were paralleled by his deep and decidedly nonjudgmental fascination with the quirks of others...........

Complete obituary here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/world/europe/04michell.html?_r=4