Richard George Forbis 19241999 Leslie B. Davis Pioneering Plains archaeologist and prehistorian Richard George Forbis died October 2, 1999, of throat cancer in Calgary, Alberta. Born July 30, 1924, he was the son of Clarence J. Forbis, architect, and Josephine Hunt Forbis of Missoula, Montana. Following secondary schooling in Missoula, Dick attended Montana State University (Missoula) for one ...