LeRoy Neiman
Birth Name:
LeRoy Leslie Runquist
Birth Date:
June 8, 1921
Birth Place:
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Death Date:
June 20, 2012
Place of Death:
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York, New York
Age:
91
Cause of Death:
Long term effects of circulatory issues
Cemetery Name:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Artists
LeRoy Neiman, the painter and sketch artist was best known for evoking the kinetic energy of the world’s biggest sporting and leisure events with bright quick strokes. Neiman's easily recognized style was known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screenprints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events. Neiman also was a contributing artist at Playboy magazine for many years and official painter of five Olympiads. Neiman was a media-savvy artist who knew how to enthrall audiences with his instant renditions of what he observed. In 1972, he sketched the world chess tournament between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a live television audience. He also produced live drawings of the Olympics for TV and was the official computer artist of the Super Bowl for CBS. One face he recorded over and over again was that of Muhammad Ali. Those painting and sketches, representing 15 years of the prizefighter’s professional life permanently reside at the LeRoy Neiman Gallery at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Today fans can visit the grave of artist LeRoy Neiman at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, NYC.
Fun Fact
LeRoy was raised in the Macalester-Groveland and Frogtown neighborhoods of St. Paul, Minnesota. The home he lived in the longest, from about 1940 to about 1955, still stands at 569 Van Buren Avenue.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Woodlawn Cemetery
4199 Webster Avenue
Bronx, New York, 10470
USA
North America
Map:
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York
Grave Location:
Neiman Family Plot, Wintergreen Plot, Section 108Grave Location Description
As you make your way through the cemetery, drive down Park Avenue and park near the intersection of Linden Avenue. Artist LeRoy Neiman’s signature tombstone is easily visible about 40 feet from Park Avenue.
Grave Location GPS
40.885838, -73.873924Visiting The Grave:
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FAQ's
LeRoy Neiman was born on June 8, 1921.
LeRoy Neiman was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
LeRoy Neiman died on June 20, 2012.
LeRoy Neiman died in New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York, New York.
LeRoy Neiman was 91.
The cause of death was Long term effects of circulatory issues.
LeRoy Neiman's grave is in Woodlawn Cemetery
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