Last week, we reported on Pegasus Book Exchange in The Junction inviting customers past and present to share stories and memories about and for owner Fred Epps, Now, they’re renewing the request, with word that Fred has died. Emma Epps sent this update:
My dad (Fred Epps) was diagnosed with cancer on June 1st, 2025, and his health declined very rapidly even as we were waiting for more information from the doctors. He passed away peacefully at home in the early morning of June 18th after only two days in hospice care. That’s just the way he would have wanted it — no long lingering for him.
We will hold a public memorial in August, hopefully on the 16th which was his birthday; details to come. In the meantime, we welcome your Fred stories here.
If you would like to do something in his memory, we believe he would simply encourage you to support independent and local businesses, musicians, and artists.
The Epps family says that upcoming birthday would have been Fred’s 72nd; he was born August 16, 1953, in Washington, D.C. We’ll let you know when the memorial plans are finalized.
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