R.C. Gorman

Age: 74

Summary: Native American artist whose archetypal portrayals of Navajo women in paintings, prints, ceramics, and sculpture became enormously popular in homes and offices particularly in the 1970's and 1980's whose mass-produced prints, bronzes, and ceramics snapped up by an eager public, including celebrities such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, and Andy Warhol, and who published several books including Nudes & Food, Gorman Goes Gourmet, and R.C. Gorman's Nudes & Foods in Good Taste.

Cause of Death: Blood infection and pneumonia

Born: July 26, 1931

Died: November 3, 2005

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico