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Andy Warhol

Andy WarholAKA Andrew Warhola

Born: 6-Aug-1928
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA
Died: 22-Feb-1987
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Complications of Surgery [1]
Remains: Buried, St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Bethel Park, PA

Gender: Male
Religion: Eastern Orthodox
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay
Occupation: Artist, Film Director

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Pop Art movement


[1] Died in a New York hospital the day after surgery to remove his enlarged, gangrenous gall bladder. Warhol is buried wearing his platinum wig and sunglasses.

Father: Andrij Warhola ("Ondrej", Slovak immigrant, d. 1942)
Mother: Julia Zavacky (Slovak immigrant)
Brother: John (d. 24-Dec-2010)
Brother: Paul

    High School: Schenley High School, Pittsburgh, PA (1945)
    University:
Carnegie-Mellon University (1949)

    Interview Founder (1969)
    Endorsement of Braniff (1970)
    Endorsement of Vidal Sassoon hair spray (1977)
    Endorsement of TDK (1983)
    Nervous Breakdown
    Shot New York City (3-Jun-1968)
    Pied cherry
    Wedding: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver (1986)
    Cholecystectomy (21-Feb-1987)
    Hernia Operation
    Funeral: Andy Warhol (1987)
    Slovak Ancestry

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Blue Movie (13-Jun-1969)
    Bike Boy (5-Oct-1967)
    The Velvet Underground and Nico (8-Feb-1966)
    Chelsea Girls (1966)
    Vinyl (4-Jun-1965)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Cinema (14-Feb-2012) · Himself
    Imagine: John Lennon (7-Oct-1988) · Himself
    Blank Generation (1980) · Himself
    Cocaine Cowboys (5-Oct-1979) · Himself
    The Driver's Seat (20-May-1974)
    Cocksucker Blues (1972) · Himself
    Dynamite Chicken (20-Jan-1971) · Himself
    The Queen (17-Jun-1968) · Himself
    The Velvet Underground and Nico (8-Feb-1966) · Himself

Official Website:
http://www.warhol.org/

Rotten Library Page:
Andy Warhol

Author of books:
a: A Novel by Andy Warhol (1968, novel)
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again (1975)
Andy Warhol Diaries (1989)


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