While on vacation last week, we learned of the passing of two pop culture figures, artist Leroy Neiman and British actor Victor Spinetti.
Neiman is most known, I suppose, for his paintings of sports figures, an example of which is included at the top of this post. However, a Google Images search under Neiman's names reveals lots of other cool works that he did over the years, including artwork for Playboy magazine back in the '60's and '70's, and one very cool portrait of Marilyn Monroe. He was 91.
Spinetti died at the age of 83, and IMDB shows a long list of credits for him, as well as the fact that he won a Tony Award in 1965. He may be best known, however, for his role as the frenetic TV director in The Beatles' 1964 classic, "A Hard Day's Night." Spinetti also appeared in both "Help" and "Magical Mystery Tour" and, thus, he is the only actor, other than The Beatles themselves, to appear in all of their movies. He was 82.
RIP Leroy Neiman and Victor Spinetti.
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