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• Artist Steven Campbell Dies - Last week the Scottish artist Steven Campbell died at just 54 years of age. After suffering from a ruptured appendix he developed septicaemia. The artist was in intensive care for about a month before passing away on the 15th of August, 2007.
• German Artist Jorg Immendorff Dies at 61 - The German expressionist artist Jörg Immendorff passed away on Monday at the age of 61. The artist struggled with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which forced him to change painting hands (from left to right) and eventually forced him to stop painting in 2006.
• Conceptual Artist Sol LeWitt Dies at 78 - The American conceptional artist Sol LeWitt recently passed away at the age of 78. The artist died after a long struggle with cancer.
• Art Collector Heinz Berggruen Dies at 93 - The Jewish German art collector Heinz Berggruen has died on the 23rd of February at the age of 93. Berggruen collected major works by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, and Pablo Picasso.
• Vladimir Tretchikoff Dies at 92 - The artist that painted the best selling art print of all time recently passed away. I hadn't noticed it until a reader (Irv) pointed out an article in the New York Times.
• Art Collector Kenneth Thomson - Kenneth Roy Thomson was Canada's richest man and a very active art collector. The former chairman of Thomson Corp. apparently died of a heart attack in his office on Monday the 12th.
• Karel Appel Dies at 85 - The Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel passed away at the age of 85 on the 3rd of this month.
• Pablo Picasso Dies - On the 8th of April, 1973 the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso passed away. It was interesting reading the article that the BBC wrote at the time. It kind of makes Picasso more of a man and less of a myth, knowing that the artist lived a regular life too.
• Pro Hart Dies at 77 - The Australian artist Pro Hart passed away today at the age of 77. Although Hart is a household name in Australia, he was never really accepted in the art world, with very few art museums or important art collections having his work on the walls. The artist became famous throughout Australia after a carpet cleaning television advertisement where he created works of art on the carpet with food.
• Gordon Parks Dies at 93 - The photographer and film maker Gordon Parks has died this week at the age of 93. Parks worked as a photographer for Life magazine between 1948-68, focusing on the struggles of black Americans. He used the camera as a tool to make others aware of the poverty and racism in America.
• Patrick Caulfield Dies at 69 - The British contemporary/pop artist Patrick Caulfield has died at the age of 69. The melancholy painter died after a struggle with cancer.
• Tom Wesselmann dies at 73 - Pop icon Tom Wesselmann has passed away at the age of 73. Wesselmann died from complications after recent heart surgery.
• Ed Paschke Dies - The American artist has died in his home at the age of 65. Ed Paschke gained recognition in the 60s when he was working with a group of artists known as the "Imagists" that borrowed heavily from Pop art.
• Ramones Guitarist dies at 55 - Johnny Ramone, the guitarist with the eponymous punk group The Ramones, died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday following a five-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 55.

Posts that have mentioned the death of Famous Artists or about the dead.

• Buried in a Frank Lloyd Wright - Frank Lloyd Wright fans with deep pockets ($300,000) can choose to be immortalized in the Blue Sky Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery, located in Buffalo, New York. It has been built 45 years after the death of the famous architect and has just recently been opened to the public.

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