Here is an
obit in the LA Times.
I tried to post the following earlier, but clumsily posted it in the comment about the New Yorker and succeeded in putting the Merzey in the New Yorker thread from years ago at the top of Accomplished Members. That may be a good thing--a reminder that landing one in New Verse News (which I did again today) is NOT a noteworthy accomplishment. Same with Asses of Parnassus, though always chuffed to be in either. My earlier attempt to comment here:
Thanks Clive. That New Yorker poem is tremendous! I didn't put myself through being here until something like 2007, so I don't remember Bob Mezey. Nice to see Janet in the thread~,:^) And a taste of early 2000s Sphere--a time, it seemed, when New Formalism was dropping off like the first stage of a Saturn V rocket, having served its purpose, and the good quality stuff was surging forward. I wish Ray Pospisil were more involved in here in those days.