Howard Finster 2001 Deaths
Howard Finster
Age: 84Baptist preacher and prolific folk artist known as much for his outsized personality as for his sculpture made out of trash. He won wide recognition for his Paradise Garden, a two-and-a-half acre gallery of works created out of detritus. He also played the banjo on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and designed album covers for the Talking Heads and R.E.M.
Died: Rome, Ga., Oct. 22, 2001Louis Faurer | A - F | Jack Fleming |