Mary Max, wife of psychedelic artist Peter Max, found dead by suicide in New York apartment

nbc ^ | June 11, 2019, | David K. Li

[BenLurkin]

Her husband, Peter Max, a pop icon in the 1960s and 1970s, is now 81 and suffering from dementia. His bright, eye-popping colors made his paintings some most recognizable works of the psychedelic era.

Despite his counterculture aesthetic, he became very wealthy doing commissioned works for the most mainstream of clients such as the NFL, FIFA, the Recording Academy and various media companies.

Mary Max had in recent years been embroiled in family legal battles over the artist and his work, which were chronicled in a recent New York Times piece.

[gathersnomoss]

A Campbell soup lid, in the foyer.

[lee martell]

Was this really a suicide? We may never know. She was locked in money and conservatorship battles with Peter’s son.
Millions were at stake. They may not even tell Peter about it. I hear he usually does not recognize friends and family any more. Spends the day curled up on the day sofa.

[Deaf Smith]

Is mad Max the one who made the “Keep on Truck’n” poster?

[Rastus]

We need Columbo on the case. “Ahhh, just one more thing, sir!”

[BenLurkin]

Yelloww Submarine

[hinckley buzzard]

How pathetic. What a squalid end to a lifetime of ambition, acquisitiveness and ego. One dead on the floor, one essentially dead but breathing on the couch.

Who wins and what do they win in these wretched scenarios?

[Big Red Badger]

Curled Up,,,
Sad way to go.
.
.
Note to self,
“Go out the way I came in,
Kicking and Screaming
Covered in blood. “

[Steely Tom]

I wouldn't characterize Peter Max as "psychedelic." He was more of a surrealist, with a very recognizable aesthetic style that was borrowed from that of Tiffany lampshades.

Here's an example of a sort of audio animated Peter-Maxish television commercial: Ken Nordine - Levis Ad.

[ex91B10]

>>...Covered in blood<<

Hopefully not your own...

[gundog]

R Crumb.

[Deaf Smith]

Know that one.

Sargeant Pepper?

[lee martell]

Whoa, Nelly!

[lee martell]

No. That artist’s last name is Crumb.

[tet68]

Say, isn’t she the one that battled the Monitor?

[Libloather]

Enjoyed Peter Max.

[miserare]

Poor woman. . Everything comes down on the wife in the end. I know...my husband hasadvanced Alzheimers.

[lee martell]

My sympathies go to you. You have a tough job right now.
Hopefully, you have assistance or support every so often.
Home Health Caregivers will usually come to your home to help, if your husband would be at ease with it.

[Bommer]

Holy crap! Is she a Klingon?

[lee martell]

Are you sure you’re not thinking of Sharon Stone’s ex-husband Phil Bronstein San Francisco Chronicle Editor, who once managed to ‘get himself bit’ by a Komodo Dragon lizard back in 2001?