African american painter and art professor (1917-2000).
Born September 7th, 1917 in Atlantic City. [ref]
Died June 9th, 2000 at 82 years old in Seattle (Patatús (heatstroke, heart attack) from the installation Naco Modern). [ref]
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi