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Death of Michael Stewart. Michael Jerome Stewart (May 9, 1958, [1] – September 28, 1983) was an African-American man who received recognition after his death following an arrest by New York City Transit Police for writing graffiti in soft-tip marker or using an aerosol can on a New York City Subway wall at the First Avenue station. [2]
63.5 cm × 77.5 cm (25.0 in × 30.5 in) Owner. Collection of Nina Clemente. The Death of Michael Stewart, known as Defacement, is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1983. The artwork is Basquiat's response to anti-Black racism and police brutality. It memorializes the death of Michael Stewart at the hands of New York ...
[85] [86] On his return to New York, he was deeply affected by the death of Michael Stewart, an aspiring black artist in the downtown club scene who was killed by transit police in September 1983. He painted Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) (1983) in response to the incident. [87]
On October 29, 1984, Eleanor Bumpurs was shot and killed by the New York City Police Department (NYPD). The police were present to enforce a city-ordered eviction of Bumpurs, an elderly and disabled African American woman, from her New York Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing unit at 1551 University Avenue (Sedgwick Houses) in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx.
A year later, Coleman allegedly shot and killed William Hill Jr, 54, outside his home while he was working on a car. Police said the same car that dropped off Coleman at the site of Stewart's ...
Michael Stewart: 25 New York City, New York: September 21, 1984 Sal Saran Scott: 22 Minneapolis, Minnesota: Undercover officers attempted to arrest Scott after he allegedly tried to rob one. During his arrest an officer shot Scott in the back of the head with a shotgun. [41] [42] April 20, 1985 Lloyd D. Stevenson: 31 Portland, Oregon
Michael Gassen Stewart (April 19, 1945 – November 13, 2002) was an American musician, songwriter, and producer. Originally founding the San Francisco-based folk rock band We Five, he later went on to produce Billy Joel's breakthrough album Piano Man as well as artists such as Tom Jones and Kenny Rankin earning him two Grammy nominations.
Supermodel Stephanie Seymour is paying tribute to her late son, model and makeup mogul Harry Brant. Tragically, Brant, the son of Seymour and publisher Peter Brant, died in January 2021 after an ...