Funeral plans are pending for world-famous sculptor Robert Graham, who died Saturday at age 70.
Graham was based in Venice and married to Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston. He died at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital from an undisclosed illness.
Graham made the 25-ton bronze doors on the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, and his monumental sculptures graced the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.
"Robert was an amazing sculptor who forever shaped the presence of sculpture art throughout California and the world. His work was truly influential and he will forever remain an icon in this state," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stated.
Born in Mexico City in 1938, Graham was educated at San Jose State College and the San Francisco Art Institute.
In addition to his well-known public works in Los Angeles and Washington, Graham created the Joe Louis Memorial in Detroit, honoring the boxer with a 24-foot bronze monument in the shape of a massive fist and forearm, suspended from a pyramid structure. Jazz giants Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker were memorialized with bigger-than-life sculptures in New York City and Kansas City, Mo., respectively.
Earlier this month, Graham was inducted into The California Museum's California Hall of Fame for his sculpture.
Will J. Lo and Marc Anthony split? That's the question being asked by every celebrity blog out there. Today, The Daily News stopped speculating and reported that the break-up is imminent, with the marriage likely ending on Valentine's Day.
According to the story: “Marc and Jennifer are planning on announcing their divorce right after Marc’s show at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 14,” a friend of the couple tells [The Daily News]. “Jennifer is planning on joining Marc onstage for a surprise duet. Things haven’t been right for a while now, and they thought it would be a bittersweet farewell.”
jloringless-300.jpgSpeculation of a break-up started when the stars were seen partying without their wedding rings on, Lopez most notably at the premiere of "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" in California on Dec. 8. That same night Anthony partied, also bandless, at Lavo nightclub with pal Eva Longoria Parker in Las Vegas.
E! Online reported on Dec. 17 that after break-up rumors surfaced the couple had a very public romantic dinner at Luau in Beverly Hills, snuggling and kissing between bites.
Which brings us back to our first question -- will they or won't they split? Only time will tell. VOTE for what you think will happen to this Long Island celeb resident.
-Look at J. Lo photos (with and without Marc Anthony)
-Read more on the J. Lo and Marc Anthony break-up rumors
-Vote in our J. Lo and Marc Anthony break-up poll
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