On This Day: 'Pop Art' Icon Andy Warhol Dies At 58

Andy Warhol, the American artist, director and producer credited for leading the visual art movement of "pop art" died on this day 34 years ago.

The Pittsburgh native passed away at the age of 58 on February 22, 1987, following gallbladder surgery. The procedure was expected to be routine, but his family sued New York Hospital, accusing the facility of providing the artist with poor care, which was later settled out of court, WPXI reports.

Warhol's body was transported back to Pittsburgh by his brothers and buried at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery in Bethel Park, which is monitored live via EarthCam on Warhol.org.

Warhol's influence spanned across numerous forms of media, but he's arguably best known for his silkscreen paintings 'Campbell's Soup Cans' and 'Marylin Monroe,' as well as various self-portraits and the BMW Art Car Project.

The Andy Warhol Museum opened in Pittsburgh's North Side on May 13, 1994 and is the largest single-artist museum in North America, featuring 350 films, more than 4,000 videotapes and 610 time capsules created by Warhol during his life.

An online virtual tour of the museum's Andy Warhol Exhibition can be accessed on Tate Modern's website.

Pittsburgh also named its Seventh Street Bridge after Warhol on March 18, 2005 in celebration of the Andy Warhol Museum's 10th anniversary. The museum stands on Sandusky Street, which leads to the bridge.

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