On This Day: Andy Warhol Dies

On this day in 1987, Andy Warhol, pop artist and producer, died after a gall bladder operation. The founder of the Pop Art movement, Warhol produced and managed The Velvet Underground, designed the 1967 Velvet Underground And Nico 'peeled banana' album cover and The Rolling Stones controversial (but super fawkin' cool) Sticky Fingers album cover.

Bit of trivia for ya RE: the Sticky Fingers cover. Whose crotch was it? Why, Joe Dallesandro's, of course. Dallessandro starred in such sexy Warhol films as Flesh and Trash--and he's the shirtless guy on the cover of the Smiths' first album.

R.I.P., Andy.