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Milton Glaser, 91 (1929 - 2020)
Milton Glaser, graphic designer of the I Love NY logo, died June 26, 2020 of a stroke in Manhattan at the age of 91. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Joe Sinnott (2020)
Joe Sinnott was a comic artist who helped define the look of Marvel Comics with his work on "The Fantastic Four." For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Emma Amos, 83 (1937 - 2020)
Emma Amos was a painter whose brightly colored works shone a light on racism and sexism in America. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Gale Halderman (2020)
Gale Halderman was the original designer of the iconic Ford Mustang. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Betsy Wyeth, 98 (1921 - 2020)
Betsy Wyeth was the longtime wife of acclaimed painter Andrew Wyeth (1917 – 2009), as well as his model, muse, and manager. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Glenna Goodacre, 80 (1939 - 2020)
Glenna Goodacre was a sculptor best known for creating the Vietnam Women's Memorial and designing the Sacagawea dollar coin. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Mort Drucker (2020)
Iconic Mad magazine cartoonist known for drawing movie satires. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Bonnie MacLean, 80 (1939 - 2020)
Bonnie MacLean was a poster artist who created swirling, psychedelic imagery in her concert posters for San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Nick Clifford, 98 (1921 - 2019)
Nick Clifford was the last surviving worker from the team that carved the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click...
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Gahan Wilson, 89 (1930 - 2019)
Gahan Wilson, the grim cartoonist featured in Playboy, The New Yorker, and National Lampoon, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Scottsdale, Ariz., from complications of dementia. He was 89. For full...
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Tom Lyle, 66 (1953 - 2019)
Tom Lyle was a comic book artist for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics, known for co-creating "Starman" and working on "Spider-Man" and the "Robin" miniseries and its sequels. For full obituary and...
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Peter Lindbergh, 74 (1944 - 2019)
Peter Lindbergh was a fashion photographer who is credited with jump-starting the rise of the supermodel in the 1990s.
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Pedro Bell, 69 (2019)
Pedro Bell was the self-taught artist who created some of Funkadelic's most iconic album covers. Bell also wrote liner notes for the albums under the name Sir Lleb, and his intricate images and text...
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Joe Overstreet, 85 (1933 - 2019)
Joe Overstreet was a painter who was an important figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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I.M. Pei, 102 (1917 - 2019)
Architect I.M. Pei, whose notable buildings include the John F. Kennedy Library and the Louvre Museum's glass-and-steel pyramid, died May 15, 2019, at the age of 102. For full obituary and coverage...
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Dan Robbins, 93 (2019)
Dan Robbins was working at Palmer Paint, a company in Ohio selling children's paint sets, when he came up with the idea for paint-by-numbers. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click...
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Steve Ditko, 90 (1927 - 2018)
Steve Ditko, comics artist who co-created the characters of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, was found dead in his New York City apartment on Friday, June 29, 2018, according to multiple news sources....
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Robert Indiana, 89 (1928 - 2018)
Robert Indiana, the pop artist best known of his 1960s "LOVE" series, has died at his island home off the coast of Maine, according to the Associated Press. He was 89. For full obituary and coverage...
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Art Paul, 93 (1925 - 2018)
CHICAGO (AP) — Magazine designer Art Paul, who created Playboy's famous tuxedoed bunny head logo, has died. He was 93. For full obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Larry Harvey, 70 (1948 - 2018)
Larry Harvey, artist and co-founder of the annual Burning Man festival, died Saturday, April 28, 2018, according to the Associated Press. He was 70. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com,...
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James Luna, 68 (1950 - 2018)
James Luna, highly regarded Native American performance artist, died Sunday, March 4, 2018, of a heart attack in New Orleans, according to Indian Country Today. He was 68. For full obituary and...
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Tamara Natalie Madden, 42 (2017)
Tamara Natalie Madden, an artist and professor of art and visual culture at Spelman College in Atlanta, has died, according to the Associated Press. She was 42. For full coverage and obituary from...
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Robert L. McKay, 86 (2017)
Robert L. McKay, who designed the first Taco Bell restaurant and with founder Glen Bell turned it from a quirky food stand into a fast-food empire, has died. He was 86. For full obituary and coverage...
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Basil Gogos, 78 (2017)
Basil Gogos, the painter who turned movie monsters into pop art, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, according to an announcement on his Facebook page. He was 78. For full obituary and coverage from...
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James Rosenquist, 83 (1933 - 2017)
James Rosenquist, an artist most frequently associated with the pop art movement, died Friday, March 31, 2017, at his home in New York City after a long illness, according to multiple news sources....
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Tyrus Wong, 106 (1910 - 2016)
Tyrus Wong, the artist whose drawings provided the visual inspiration for the Disney classic "Bambi," died Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage...
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Marc Riboud, 93 (1923 - 2016)
Marc Riboud, 93, a French photographer who created an iconic image of protest during the Vietnam War, died Tuesday. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Jack Davis, 91 (2016)
Jack Davis, the popular Mad Magazine cartoonist, has died at the age of 91, according to The Brunswick News and other sources. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Billy Name, 76 (1940 - 2016)
Billy Name, a photographer and filmmaker who archived pop artist Andy Warhol's studio known as the Factory, died July 18, 2016, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage by...
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Dame Zaha Hadid, 65 (1950 - 2016)
Award-winning architect Dame Zaha Hadid died March 31 of a heart attack, according to the BBC. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
