Warhol’s death was an horrific episode.
He needed a gall bladder operation....but he did not want to go into the hospital b/c he said he know he would not come out alive.
The operation went well....he was sedated and put in post-op. He hired private nurses to sit by his bedside.
The nurse did not notice anything alarming....but at one point she looked over and he had turned blue-—meaning he was not getting oxygen.
Hospital Code Blue was called in——but they could not get the oxygen tube down his throat. They blamed it on rigor mortis.......b/c Warhol was dead.
Only years later was it concluded that Warhol was allergic to the post-op meds....his throat swelled (common with allergies)....and he died.
I drive past the cemetery where he’s buried on my way from the South Hills of Pittsburgh going towards Castle Shannon Pittsburgh 15234. He’s buried on the hillside of a little cemetery near the trolley junction off Route 88.
****Warhol’s death was an horrific episode.***
Wiki’s biography describes the shooting which preceded it. Shot by a man-hating feminist.