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Oswaldo Guayasamín's Death

Born (Birthday) July 6, 1919

Death Date March 10, 1999

Age of Death 79 years

Cause of Death Heart Attack

Profession Painter

The painter Oswaldo Guayasamín died at the age of 79. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Painter and sculptor who won first prize at the Ecuadorian Salón Nacional de Acuarelistas y Dibujantes in 1948.

He was the first of 10 children born into a poor family of Quechua and Criollo descent.

Oswaldo Guayasamin, 79, considered Ecuador’s top painter this century, died of a heart attack on March 10, 1999, at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, leaving unfinished his grand masterpiece, the Chapel of Man.