Rick Sullivan(1955-2017)

Rick Sullivan was born on June 9, 1955 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Sullivan graduated from Boonton High School in Boonton, New Jersey in 1973 and studied at Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey. Rick was the editor, publisher, and head writer for the hugely popular and influential alternative cinema publication The Gore Gazette, which ran for 110 issues altogether from October, 1980 to February, 1994. Sullivan hosted 16mm screenings of horror and exploitation movies at the bar The Dive on 29th Street in Manhattan, New York City throughout the early to mid-1980's. Moreover, Rick not only fronted the horror-themed punk group the Creeping Pumpkins, but also ran and owned the company Rudco Inc. School Bus Transportation in Passaic, New Jersey for thirty-three years. Sullivan died at age 62 on December 18, 2017 at Newton Medical Center in Newton, New Jersey. He was survived by his wife Claudia and sons Shane and Nicholas.