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For 2011, Finder has organized the "3rd Conference on Middle-earth" (deliberately hearkening back to those of 1969 and 1971 which he led), in Westford, Massachusetts. "I just finally said, 'I want to do it, and I don’t give a damn if I lose money — I’ll pay for it...'" "This is something I’ve wanted to do for 40 years." Finder is now retired from academia and has been dealing with prostate cancer, spending part of mid-March and then again in August 2011 in the hospital.
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