Jeffery "Marathon" Charles ; 1948- 2011

Jeffery "Marathon" Charles passed away on Wednesday, February 10, after a year of 
battling colon-liver cancer.

Jeffery played in a band called Fate Changers and was an accomplished singer, songwriter
and percussionist. He also produced and hosted the cable TV shows "Marathon's Other
News", "Pandora's Box", and "Finders Keepers"--the latter of which is about finding coins
and precious objects with metal detectors, and is still running.

Jeffery was a close friend and documentarian of George Clayton Johnson, appearing with
George all over the Southland in recent years. One of Jeffery's short films, "Your Three
Minutes Are Up", featuring George  reading one of his  short stories, was screened at
the Egyptian Theatre/Cinematecheque last year.

Jeffery was a generous, cheerful, and outgoing person -- he is survived by his wife Crystal
and will be remembered and missed by his friends. -- by L.J. Dopp.


Jeffery "Marathon" Charles and George Clayton Johnson at the Mystery and Imagination Bookstore in Glendale, California.