Charles Marion's Death
Born (Birthday) Mar 19, 1864
Death Date October 24, 1926
Age of Death 62 years
Cause of Death Heart Failure
Profession Painter
The painter Charles Marion died at the age of 62. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Remembered for thousands of Western character and landscape paintings, as well as for Western-themed bronze sculptures, Charles “the cowboy artist” Russell is perhaps most well known for his mural Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians, his painting The Hold Up (20 Miles to Deadwood) and his sculpture Buffalo Hunt.
He spent his youth in St. Louis, Missouri, and later relocated to Great Falls, Montana. When he was in his early thirties, he married an eighteen-year-old named Nancy.
Quotes
"A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.
"I ain’t no historian but I happen to savvy this incident.
"The West is dead… you may lose a sweetheart but you won’t forget her.