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Former Roadracing World contributor Wilmer E. “Slick” Lawson died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee June 22 at age 65.

In addition to being a writer, Lawson was a photojournalist with his pictures appearing in Time, Life and People magazines, a pilot, a musician and an avid motorcyclist, according to an obituary in the Nashville Tennessean newspaper.

Lawson is survived by two children, two grandchildren and a brother. Services were held Tuesday, June 25 in Nashville, Tennessee.

According to the Nashville Tennessean, the family has asked that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38102.