Larry Harvey

Larry Harvey (January 11, 1948 – April 28, 2018) was an American artist, philanthropist and activist. He was born in San Francisco, California. He was the main co-founder of the Burning Man event, along with his friend Jerry James.[1] He was also the president of the Black Rock Arts Foundation, a non-profit art grant foundation for promoting interactive collaborative public art.

On April 4, 2018, Harvey was hospitalized in San Francisco after suffering from a "massive" stroke and remained under critical condition.[2] He died on April 28, 2018 at the age of 70.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Jacques, Adam (23 August 2014). "Larry Harvey: The founder of the Burning Man event on adoption, uncontrollable rage - and how Freud became a father figure". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Burning Man founder Larry Harvey in critical condition after massive stroke". San Francisco Gate. April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Burning Man founder Larry Harvey dies after massive stroke". USA TODAY. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

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