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Page 9A The Anniston Star, Monday, Feb. 23, 1987 Artist Andy Warhol dies at 58 Producer Susskind found dead at 66 giant likeness of the comic-strip hero, in its front window. The next year was Warhol's watershed: "Campbell Soup Cans," the work that placed him at the forefront of the Pop movement, was shown in Los Angeles. Though at first dismissed by some critics as an artistic fraud in part because of his reliance on mass-production techniques he continued to attract audiences through emotionless representation of commercial items, celebrities and common circumstance as art itself. His early subjects, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, car crashes, hardened criminals and Brillo boxes, eventually extended society's view of what it would accept as art.

He extended his metier with underground films that presented no more or less than long, unblinking views of mundane activities. In 1969 Warhol created Interview magazine, a compendium of jet-set gossip. By the 1980s, with Pop's initial impact worn off, Warhol moved into new attempts to startle viewers by use of abstraction, collage, and some sex and nudity in film. He produced his "Oxidation" series by urinating on bronze-coated canvasses. IN 1983, he became host of a cable television program, "Andy Warhol's TV," and recently began producing "Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes" for MTV.

Yet Warhol also was retiring, to the point that he was said to shrink from human touch. After an actress-writer snot and nearly killed him in 1968, he was said to send doubles to some public events. Warhol recently resumed creating works for some favored organizations, such as the Save the NEW YORK (AP) Andy Warhol, the maverick artist whose talent for attracting publicity rivaled his ability to generate shock with images of popular culture, has died of a heart attack. He was 58. Warhol died in his sleep Sunday at New York Hospital after undergoing gall bladder surgery on Saturday, said hospital spokeswoman Diane Goldin.

The artist's pallid face, crowned by a shock of white hair, became almost as much an icon, especially among New York's club and entertainment scene, as the Campbell's soup cans, Brillo boxes and Coke bottles he created. Although best known for those early Pop Art works, Warhol's career included forays into photography, moviemaking, writing and magazine publishing. He abandoned a successful career as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s to gain worldwide fame as the principal exponent of the Pop movement with his repeated silk-screen images of commonplace items. He went on to establish himself as the emotionless recorder of the images of his day. Perhaps his keenest talents, however, were for drawing attention to himself and his work, for uttering the unforgettable quote and for finding images that would shock the artistic world.

"IN THE FUTURE," he wrote in a 1968 exhibition catalog, "everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Warhol's fame endured for decades. He was an iconoclast and an eccentric, rejecting accepted conventions of art, society and behavior. "What he did was more than produce art, he was part of a cultural moment which he understood with great acuity," said Leo Castelli, Warhol's dealer of 23 years. "He made his own lifestyle a work of art," said Richard Oldenburg, director of the Museum of Modern Art. died of a heart attack "1 David Susskind at 66 SUSSKIND was born in New York City, reared in Brookline, spent two years at the University of Wisconsin and graduated from Harvard University in 1942.

After a stint in the Navy, he began his career as a publicist, then became a theatrical agent. Mortimer Becker, general counsel for the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, recalled him as "a clever talent agent, an extraordinarily smart and talented man, especially as an agent." Susskind's 13 feature films included "Raisin in the Sun," "Requiem for a Heavyweight," "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Straw Dogs" and "Fort Apache, the Bronx." He produced five plays, including "Rashomon" in 1959. He was most prolific in television, winning 27 Emmy awards in nearly 35 years in the medium. He produced numerous shows, including "Philco Television Playhouse," "Armstrong Circle Theater" and "Kraft Television Theater" in the 1950s. Later he produced the series, "Alice," "Get Smart" and "N.Y.P.D.," and dramas including "Eleanor and Franklin" and "Death of a Salesman." In the past year, he was executive producer of four one-man historical television shows for PBS, "Winston Churchill," "Ike," "Lyndon Johnson" and "Pope John XXIII." Susskind, who lived and worked in Manhattan, is survived by four children, Pamela Schaenen of New York, Diana Laptook of Fort Lee, N.J., Andrew Susskind of Los Angeles and Samantha Susskind of New York City; two former wives, Phyllis Briskin and Joyce Davidson, both of New York City; five grandchildren; a brother and a sister.

Funeral arrangements were Children campaign, and he was scbeduled to appear Friday at an awards ceremony for socially conscious corporations. Funeral arrangements were not immediately available. In addition to his brother, Paul Friends, fans mourn, artist 's dea th NEW YORK (AP) David Susskind, an award-winning film and television producer and the host of a talk show that specialized in con', troversial guests such as Nikita Khrushchev, prostitutes and a masked killer, has died at age 66. Susskind's body was found Sunday on the floor of his room at the Windham Hotel by a maid, said police spokesman Sgt. Raymond O'Donnell.

He apparently died of natural causes, and had been scheduled to see a heart specialist today. Susskind, who won 27 Emmy awards and produced 13 feature films, including "Raisin in the Sun" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight," was perhaps best known for his talk show, which made its debut in 1958 as "Open End" so-called because it had no time limit. It became "The David Susskind Show" in 1967 and continued until last year on 100 stations, mostly affiliated with the Public Broadcasting System. "He would be best remembered, rightfully so, for always trying to produce quality television in the days when it was still coming out of New York and still golden," said talk show host Dick Cavett. "He always tried to do a higher order of stuff that was still commercial and entertaining." AMONG SUSSKIND'S guests were Khrushchev, Harry S.

Truman, Vice President Richard Nixon, actor Marlon Brando, sex doctors, male prostitutes, a 14-year-old female prostitute and a man who wore a skj mask and said he was a professional killer. Some of Susskind's shows featured as many as a dozen guests all connected to the same issue. A blunt-spoken man with a mop of curly gray hair, Susskind was known for a sometimes combative, sometimes rambling interviewing style and acknowledged he didn't appeal to everyone. "Boring? Pedantic? I guess I have been from time to time," he admitted in 1982. "You talk too much, you impose your own views, your convictions.

.1 think that what I used to be was self-centered. I had an opportunity to tell the world what I thought." "I think I am less doctrinaire now than I was," he added. "I listen more. I'm not so certain about things any more as I was." In his interview with Khrushchev in 1960, many felt the Soviet premier got the best of the exchange. "I'd like another shot at Khrushchev," Susskind said afterward.

"I'd do it differently this time. .1 found myself constrained on the air to prove my Americanism. .1 felt compelled to challenge Khrushchev and argue with him, instead of just getting information." Grammys tribute include some of the genre's most revered names: B.B. King, 'Albert King, Willie Dixon, Etta James, Dr. John, Big Jay McNeely and Robert Cray.

The folk-blues guitarist Ry Cooder will be musical director. Cooder is the type of musician the Academy would like to have in its broadening fold. He is a respected studio musician and blues historian, has scored several movies and has a loyal following for his solo albums. But when asked to comment on his participation in the Grammy awards show, Cooder stated tersely through a spokesman: "I'll be there to perform a service. The music is why I'm doing it." The lack of love between a respected musician such as Cooder and the Academy is largely the result of NARAS conservative voting record and is Greene's toughest fight in the industry.

Statistics from 28 previous Grammy presentations show that three awards went to David Seville, the late creator of the singing Chipmunks, while Bob Dylan has received only two. Christopher Cross received five Grammys in 1982 for his debut album, but has since disappeared from the charts. However, Greene, a studio recording artist with a rock background, said the Academy is finally coming around. "Ail you've got to do is pull out a nomination list from a Continued from 8A SHINES MMT SIZg PKGS. 24 Gl FAST SHMCS 24 smuts Iamt size pkcs.

24 ou willo AioM'WfM FAST ShiHt Artist Andy Warhol Although shy and quiet, Warhol attracted dozens of followers who were anything but quiet. He frequently appeared on the late-night party circuit with a cast of jet setters. "People got the idea that he was a wild character, but he was the nicest person in the world," said Paul Warhola, the artist's eldest brother. Born Andrew Warhola, one of three sons of Czech immigrants, Andy Warhol grew up in the industrial city of McKeesport, near Pittsburgh. A delicate youth, he suffered three nervous breakdowns as a child.

As a student of pictorial design at the Carnegie Institute of Tech Post-Modernism. Warhol once wrote that "everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes," but it appeared Sunday that his influence will long be remembered. Sculptor George Segal said Warhol "had this wry, sardonic knack for dismissing history and putting his finger on public taste, which to me was evidence of living in the present." Although shy and quiet, Warhol attracted dozens of followers who were anything but quiet and frequently appeared on the late-night party circuit with a cast of jet setters. "People got the idea that he was a wild character, but he was the nicest person in the world," said Paul Warhola of Elizabeth, the artist's eldest brother. "I looked at him as my brother, not as a famous man." Tonight, three brightly colorful works he did recently of dancer, choreographer Martha Graham were scheduled to go on sale at Christie's auction house to raise funds for the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.

MIS GRAHAM recalled her long-time friendship with Warhol: "He was a gifted, strange maverick who crossed my life with great generosity. His last gift of three portraits will help my company meet its financial needs. "His early drawings of flowers, so exquisite, typified a side of Andy few people knew. It is difficult for me to realize he is gone. The world will miss his controversial acts as I do," she said.

Mayor Edward I. Koch called Warhol a "genius. Any time a man 8A proportionally larger size of his head and trunk, which explains toilets and ice chests can be hazardous. Just imagine the insecurity you'd feel if you had another 10-20 pounds attached to your shoulders and then you leaned over a low railing on a high balcony. IN EMERGENCIES, the rescue procedure must take into account only the child's smaller size, a unique body structure; for example, administering oxygen through a tube stuck down the windpipe is not as advisable in a child as in an adult because a child's windpipe is made of softer tissue and Is more easily bruised.

This and other differences between adults and chlluren have been playing a major part in Improving emergency medical services administered by hospitals paramedic teams. "If you talk to almost any paramedic be will say that pediatrics Is the one area in which he wishes he had more I nology in Pittsburgh, "Andy was in difficulty his first two years and the faculty had a nice time quarreling whether to let him stay," said Robert Lepper, a professor. "If anybody would have asked me who was least likely to succeed, I would have said Andy Warhola." AFTER graduating in 1949, Warhola moved to New York, cut the final vowel from his name and quickly found success as a com merical artist. But Warhol grew restless and began to show drawings in 1956, and to paint in earnest four years later. Again, success came quickly.

In 1961, a Manhattan department store put his "Dick Tracy," a Warhol with 'The Brillo of greatness leave? this world leaving a positive impression it is something to mourn." Pop culture chronicler author training," says Jim Pollard, East Alabama EMS director. Accordingly, while the landmark course for teaching CPR on adults was developed some 20 years ago, says Pollard, the equivalent course for children was held only within the past few years. So while emergency personnel are learning more about how to treat children using special equipment, lay persons can do the same thing using their own two hands. The CPR technique for children is different than those for infanta or adults, and specially sized mannequins have beencreated for it. The course is called Babysaver, and it's being offered by the patient and community education department of Stringfellow Hospital.

It was developed by the volun-teers of the JeffersonShelbyWalker Division of the Alabama Affiliate of the American Heart Association. Organizations like East Alabama ALUMINUM fklM.Ammr 4 GIAHT mx.f' rf CO WNES AiUmNtf 4 GIANT Sgf iKisAi uhmnwI 4 gian sm 4v of Elizabeth, Warhol is survived by another John Warhola of Pittsburgh. Boxes' in 1971 photo Tom Wolfe said, "Every man or woman who comes out of the arts schools today and heads for New York is a child of Andy Warhol." EMS supply the equipment needed to teach the course. AS IMPORTANT as the rescue aspect of the program is the emphasis it places on "baby-proofing" the home. "The first and most Important phase is prevention, because any accident you prevent you don't have to deal with," says West.

The course comes with a checklist of dozens of simple child-proofing tips for the home. One unpublicized session has already been held, and Becky Afkbani, director of Stringfellow's education department, says that one participant was a 13-year-old who paid the 85 fee and learned the material as a birthday present to his mom. The next Babysaver course, says Ms. Afkhanl, will last four hours on Saturday, March 7, beginning at a.m. Register for the course by calling Stringfellow Hospital at 235-8355.

five years ago and pull out this one and see that the cross-section of membership is very reflective of the broader spectrum of members." Nominations this year went to rap singers and rocker Billy Idol, as well as the more mainstream Dionne Warwick and Barbra Streisand. This year's patchwork of performances include a wide range of pop: Anita Baker, Paul Simon, Simply Red, Billy Idol, Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross. Herbie Hancock and Bobby McFerrin will do some jazz, Sandi Patti will perform gospel and Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum and Randy Travis are the country entertainers. "I think it's a wonderful open door," said Patti. "I'm very pleased and proud to walk through that door.

There are so many styles of music, and it's hard in a few hours to give representation to them." Miss Warwick is scheduled to perform with Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder, who with Elton John made "That's What Friends Are For." Proceeds from the song, which has been nominated for song and record of the year, have been donated to AIDS research. "What the Grammys have done in the past few years is move from a more middle-of-the-road emphasis to more of a emphasis," said Billboard Magazine columnist Paul Grein. NEW YORK (AP) Andy Warhol, the white-wigged king of Pop Art whose unexpected death stunned friends, colleagues and admirers, was remembered by them for his influence on culture and their lives. "What he did was more than produce art, he was part of a cultural moment which he understood with great acuity," said Leo Castelli, Warhol's dealer of 23 years. Castelli, who called Warhol "a real guru," said that more than any other artist of the past two decades, Warhol seemed to have a continuing and strong influence on today's emerging artists.

An iconoclast who rejected accepted conventions of art, society and behavior, Warhol was possibly the most famous and prolific artist of his generation. He died of a heart attack Sunday in his sleep, after gall-bladder surgery the day before. "He made his own lifestyle a work of art," said Richard Oldenburg, director of the Museum of Modern Art. "He was one of the first people to really become a star as an artist, and once celebrity came" he certainly enjoyed it." Warhol, who was first criticized for taking such familiar objects as Campbell's soup cans and Brillo boxes and calling them art, soon had people in love with his pop images. WILLIAM Rubin, chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Modern Art, said Warhol "was a pioneer of image-appropriating Pop Art, and the implications of his ideas are still unfolding in Injuries Continued from ly, says West, one thing they learn is that many kinds of houseplants are poisonous; that source is the single biggest cause of poisoning cases in children.

The toll-free poison control numbers are ann utjom i ianA.4iM.juna While parents may be careful about their own medicines around the house, one place a child may get into trouble is at the grandparents' home. There, particularly if candy is a frequent treat, natural curiosity may lead a child unattended pill vials on the kitchen table. Elderly people can "get vials without child-proof caps, 'making the likelihood of a problem or tragedy even greater. Even seemingly harmless items can cause alarm; out of the mouths of babes straight peanut butter la not easily extracted, and 0 should not be fed to them because it can clog up their throats. why not but and The Time For Our Giant BI-ANNUAL SALE FtfTi IS HERE! Begins Feb.

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