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Jan Krugier (2008)
GENEVA - Art dealer Jan Krugier, an Auschwitz survivor who collected the works of Picasso and other renowned artists to help himself move past the horrors of the Nazi era, has died. He was 80. Krugier died as the result of an infection Saturday surrounded by his family and close friends at his Geneva home, said Evelyne Ferlay, the director of his Geneva gallery. Krugier was born into a...
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Cecil Stoughton, 88 (1920 - 2008)
NEW YORK - Cecil Stoughton, the White House photographer who shot the iconic image of Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has died. He was 88. Stoughton died Monday evening at his home on Merritt Island, Fla., his son Jamie Stoughton said. The photo he took of the swearing-in ceremony aboard Air Force One, Johnson with his hand raised and a...
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Alex Rivera (2008)
DURHAM, N.C.- Photojournalist Alex Rivera, who spent his career covering the civil rights movement and working at North Carolina Central University, died Thursday. He was 95. A cause of death was not immediately known. The death was confirmed by the university. Rivera was born in Greensboro and grew up immersed in civil rights activism with his father, an active member of the NAACP. He...
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William Claxton, 80 (1927 - 2008)
Los Angeles - William Claxton, a celebrated photographer who worked with such entertainers as Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra and who helped establish the organization that runs the Grammy Awards, has died. He was 80. Claxton died Saturday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications stemming from congestive heart failure, his son Christopher said. He was best known...
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Georgi Kitov, 65 (1943 - 2008)
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Archaeologist Georgi Kitov--an expert on the treasure-rich Thracian culture of antiquity--died of a heart attack while excavating a temple in central Bulgaria considered to be one of his greatest discoveries, his family said Thursday. He was 65. Kitov died Sunday during the excavation of a large Thracian temple surrounded by lavishly furnished graves near the village of...
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Tina Allen, 58 (1949 - 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- Sculptor Tina Allen, who depicted such figures as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Fredrick Douglass in her works, has died. She was 58. Allen died Tuesday at a Los Angeles...
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Miroslav Havel, 86 (1922 - 2008)
DUBLIN, Ireland - Miroslav Havel, for more than four decades the chief designer for Waterford Glass, has died at age 86. Havel died at his home on Sept. 5 of heart failure, his family said. ...
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Alain Jacquet, 69 (1939 - 2008)
NEW YORK - Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said. Jacquet, who lived in New York and Paris, died of cancer...
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Francoise Demulder (2008)
PARIS -- Francoise Demulder, a French war photographer who became the first woman to win the prestigious World Press Photo award, has died, a friend said Thursday. She was 61. Demulder died...
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Bill Melendez, 91 (1916 - 2008)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters on scores of movies and television specials, died Tuesday. He was 91. ...
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Wilson Hurley, 84 (1924 - 2008)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Wilson Hurley, a noted American landscape painter, died Friday. He was 84. Hurley's wife, Rosalyn said he died before dawn. Hurley had been diagnosed last year with Lou...
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Ralph Kovel (2008)
CLEVELAND -- Ralph M. Kovel, who with his wife co-wrote the popular Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guides that became a bible for antique shop and flea market treasure hunters, has died....
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Perez Celis (2008)
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Perez Celis, a prestigious Argentine muralist, painter and sculptor, died Saturday. He was 69. Perez, who suffered from leukemia, died at the Otamendi sanitarium in...
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Christopher Gonzalez (2008)
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Christopher Gonzalez, whose expressionistic sculptures and paintings earned him a reputation as a pioneer in Jamaican art, died Saturday, according to a longtime family friend....
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Athos Bulcao, 90 (1918 - 2008)
BRASILIA, Brazil Brazilian abstract artist Athos Bulcao, whose colorful panels and paintings decorate many government and private buildings in the capital, has died. He was 90. The Athos...
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Arthur Robert "Bob" Hamilton, 82 (1926 - 2008)
AZTEC, N.M. - Arthur Robert "Bob" Hamilton, who modeled for one of artist Norman Rockwell's iconic Boy Scout paintings during World War II, died July 28. He was 82. He died of complications...
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Harriet Burns, 79 (1928 - 2008)
LOS ANGELES - Harriet Burns, the first female artist at Walt Disney Imagineering and a designer of several famous Disneyland rides, has died. She was 79. Burns died Friday at USC University...
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Hildy Beyeler (2008)
BASEL, Switzerland - Hildy Beyeler, who joined her husband Ernst Beyeler in building one of Switzerland's biggest art collections, has died. She was 86. A spokeswoman for the internationally...
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Bob Thaves, 81 (1924 - 2006)
Bob Thaves, whose nationally syndicated comic strip "Frank & Ernest" amused newspaper readers for decades with its quirky observations on life, died Tuesday of respiratory failure. He was 81. ...
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Richard Avedon, 81 (1923 - 2004)
Richard Avedon, the revolutionary photographer who redefined fashion photography as an art form while achieving critical acclaim through his stark black-and-white portraits of the powerful and...
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Bruce Conner, 74 (1933 - 2008)
SAN FRANCISCO - Bruce Conner, an iconoclastic artist and avant-garde filmmaker of the Beat era , died Monday. He was 74. Conner died of natural causes at home, said his wife, artist Jean Conner...
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Michael Turner, 37 (1971 - 2008)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Michael Turner, a comic book artist who drew covers for major titles such as "Superman/Batman," "The Flash" and "Civil War,'" has died. He was 37. Turner died June 27 at a...
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Walter A. Netsch, Jr., 88 (1920 - 2008)
CHICAGO - Prominent Chicago architect Walter A. Netsch Jr., who designed the University of Illinois-Chicago campus and the Cadet Chapel at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., has...
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Robert Rauschenberg, 82 (1925 - 2008)
Robert Rauschenberg, whose use of odd and everyday articles earned him a reputation as a pioneer in pop art but whose talents spanned the worlds of painting, sculpture and dance, has died, his...
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Theodore "Ted" Key, 95 (1912 - 2008)
Cartoonist Ted Key, whose comic strip "Hazel" about a bossy maid went from magazine page to TV screen, has died. He was 95. He died Saturday at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Tredyffrin...
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Rosalie J. Ritz, 84 (1923 - 2008)
WALNUT CREEK, CA -- Rosalie Ritz, a premier courtroom artist who for four decades chronicled dozens of high-drama trials, including those of Charles Manson, Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson, has died...
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George Pollard, 88 (1920 - 2008)
KENOSHA, Wis. - Portrait artist George Pollard, whose subjects included Presidents Harry Truman and John Kennedy, Pope John Paul II, and Muhammad Ali, has died. He was 88. He died in his sleep...
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Joseph Solman, 99 (1909 - 2008)
Joseph Solman, an artist who painted vivid images of New York street scenes and along with Mark Rothko helped found an influential arts group in the 1930s, has died at age 99. Solman died in...
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Kahlil G. Gibran, 85 (1922 - 2008)
Kahlil Gibran, a sculptor and painter who wrote a biography of his famous poet cousin of the same name, has died. He was 85. Gibran died Sunday of heart failure, according to his wife, Jean...
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John Gilbert Williams, 92 (1915 - 2008)
John Gilbert Williams, the founder of the University of Arkansas' architecture program, who later hired renowned architect Fay Jones, has died. He was 92. He died Friday at his home, according...
