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词条 Stay High 149
释义

  1. Career

  2. Death

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2012}}{{Infobox person
| name = Wayne Roberts
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|10|20|}}
| birth_place = Emporia, Virginia, United States[1]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|6|11|1950|10|20|}}
| death_place = Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
| death_cause = Liver disease
| residence = Bronx, New York
| home_town = Bronx, New York
| other_names = Stay High 149,
Superstar of Graffiti
| nationality = American
| occupation = Graffiti artist
| years_active = 1960s – 1974
| spouse =
| children =
| family = Pauline Noble (sister)
| website = {{URL|http://stayhigh149.com/}}
}}Wayne Roberts (October 20, 1950 – June 11, 2012), known as Stay High 149, was an American graffiti artist.[2][3]

Career

Roberts was born in Emporia, Virginia, moving to the Bronx, New York at age six.[1] He was called a "superstar" of the graffiti world in the late 1970s.[4] Widely considered to use one of the most famous graffiti tags in the world, his trademark includes a smoking version of the stick figure from 1960s British television program The Saint.[5]

Roberts was featured in the 2004 documentary Just to Get a Rep by Peter Gerard.

Death

Roberts died on June 11, 2012 from a liver disease at Calvary Hospital in The Bronx, New York. He is survived by his sister Pauline Noble.

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/nyregion/wayne-roberts-stay-high-149-in-graffiti-circles-is-dead-at-61.html?_r=1 |title=Wayne Roberts, ‘Stay High 149’ in Graffiti Circles, Is Dead at 61 |author=Gonzales, David |date=June 12, 2012 |work=The New York Times |publisher= |accessdate=June 12, 2012}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Millor|first=Ivor|title=Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City|year=2002|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-57806-465-6|pages=41}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Pollitt|first=Katha|title=Rev. of Graffiti, Gays & A Dull Diary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eeYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT56|accessdate=June 2, 2010|newspaper=Mother Jones Magazine|date=November 1982}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Snyder|first=Gregory J.|title=Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground|year=2009|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-4045-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF4S3h0sVu0C&pg=PA24}}
5. ^History of Graf. daveyd.com. Retrieved 2011-4-15.

External links

  • Official Website
  • 149st Biography
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8 : American graffiti artists|1950 births|2012 deaths|People from Emporia, Virginia|People from the Bronx|Artists from Virginia|Artists from New York City|Deaths from liver disease

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