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    Jun 20, 2012 - RIP LeRoy Neiman #1
    "Do you want me to bring out the LeRoy Neiman paintings?"
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    Painter LeRoy Neiman passed away today at 91:
    LeRoy Neiman, painter of Olympiads, dies at 91 | CTV News
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    Jun 20, 2012 - Re: RIP LeRoy Neiman #2
    Dang. That is indeed saddening news. May his memories live onward for ever and never die but become immortalized much like how Vincent VanGough, Shakespeare, Bach, Mozart, and them.
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    Jun 20, 2012 - Re: RIP LeRoy Neiman #3
    Wait, what?
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    My memory of the man will be the painting of Rocky and Apollo at the end of Rocky II...
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    Jun 20, 2012 - Re: RIP LeRoy Neiman #4
    That was Rocky 3. But yeah.

    Great artist. He came to our shop and painted a wall panel for one our tradeshow clients for charity.

    RIP.
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    Jun 20, 2012 - Re: RIP LeRoy Neiman #5
    The Mustache Hall of Fame Lost a giant today. To me his paintings always captured the intensity of the moment.
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    Jun 22, 2012 - RIP: Leroy Neiman #6
    Iconic American artist LeRoy Neiman, known for his trademark handlebar mustache and his bright, impressionistic portrayals of the world's top sporting events, died in New York on Wednesday. He was 91.



    Many of us know Leroy from his art work, but mainly I always think of him as the ring announcer from the Rocky movies.


    *sorry - just saw this was already posted.
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