DON VAN VLIET, 'CAPTAIN BEEFHEART', DIES AT 69
The New York Times, Obituary, December 18,2010, by Ben Ratliff
Don Van Vliet, an artist of protean creativity who was known as Captain
Beefheart during his days as an influential rock musician and who later
led a reclusive life as a painter, died Friday. He was 69 and lived in
Trinidad, Calif.
The cause was complications of multiple sclerosis, said Gordon
VeneKlasen, a partner at the Michael Werner gallery in Ne (showing 500 of 8295 characters). |
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