Ray Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen passed away today at the age of 92.  I had the pleasure of meeting Ray Harryhausen a few years ago.  I had a custom cake made for him for his birthday.  It was decorated with plastic dinosaurs.  He blew out the candles and asked me if he could keep the dinosaur toys.  My last image of him was him walking away with my dinosaurs. He signed a cyclops picture my young daughter made for him.  He confessed to me that was the first cyclops picture he ever signed. That was a wonderful afternoon I spent with him, he will be missed by many. He was sharp even in his later life.  Ray Harryhausen was CGI before it was created.  He took clay and made it come to life.  He also brought to life many youthful filmmakers.  As a youth I fell in love with The Valley of Gwangi, Sinbad and Clash of the Titans.