Thomas Edward Fanella

Thank you for brining anime to America!!!

A very dear colleague and friend to Paul and I for many many years. Too many wonderful memories at Tillman and Pajaro and countless DevCons to put here. Just know I think of you often, and still miss that big mustache, huge smile, belly laughs and your cooking. Love you, Lo

Many years later but I still offer my condolences, Tom was ahead of his time, he was very accepting of a medium of animation very niche at the time and helped make it's acceptance into the way faster. Godspeed legend

Hi Tom, We've never met before but I want you to know your work at KTEH inspired a new generation of anime fans, and are part of the reason a lot of us can enjoy what we enjoy right now as fans and in the industry. You live in my memory as an example of a person that is able to really bring people together while trying different things, in an age when anime wasn't really well known or accepted, and I will always remember your voice and the you that was on television planting the seeds of what...

Condolences to Tom's family- we were classmates at CBA and Le Moyne and shared a love of politics and the arts- He was a larger than life person- a great actor in school plays- I'll never forget how Tom brought the Stanley Cup to CNY viewers on WCNY-TV- long before commercial TV televised the games- He will be missed.

I am deeply saddened to learn of Tom's passing. I will remember his sense of humor and laughter. My sincere sympathies to Susan and to the rest of Tom's family.

As I wrote Tom's wife Susan, I am saddened by Tom's passing. I will miss him. San Jose will miss him. Syracuse, my birthplace, will miss him. And, all of us associated with public broadcasting will miss him. Beyond expertise and experience, Tom brought a passion and enthusiasm to everything in which he was involved. It was a shared, infectious enthusiasm "for what public broadcasting could be" that linked us -- and thousands of others. It was that intense passion that made us like...

Tom was a good friend. Over the years he took care of me by hiring me. That was one of Tom's way of taking care of a person, he'd put you under his wing. He was a protector. He did it well. I will miss him.

From an old friend from his WCNY days--my thoughts and prayers are with his family. Tom was a very kind and warm human being who served his community well.