JANUARY 24, 1986:
Having achieved all he set out to accomplish, Mr. Hubbard departs this life. His worldwide impact, however, soon to be measured in the tens of millions, only continues to grow. In response to demands for his artistic work, a twenty-year schedule to republish his earlier fiction and previously unpublished stories is also initiated by Author Services, Inc. The first two such works released, Final Blackout and Fear, promptly leap to bestseller lists, repeating their popularity from 50 years earlier.