Was Andy warhol shot

Answer 1

In 1968 Andy Warhol was shot in the chest by Valerie Solanas, the author of the S.C.U.M. Manifesto - the initials standing for the Society for Cutting up Men. She said he had too much control over her life and she was upset that he had lost a play she had submitted to him.

Answer 2

Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot him. This is Valerie's story.

Answer 3

On July 3, 1968, the actress, Valerie Solanas walked into Warhol's studio ("the Factory") and shot him in the chest. Less than thirty minutes later, Warhol was pronounced clinically dead. The doctor then cut Warhol's chest open and massaged his heart for a final effort to get it started again. It worked. Although his life was saved, it took a long time for his health to recover. Nineteen years on February 22, 1987 Andy Warhol died unexpectedly after bladder surgery.

Answer 4

On June 3, 1968, Valerie Solanas shot Warhol and art critic and curator Mario Amaya at Warhol's studio. Warhol did not die from the wound, but lived for another 1987.

Answer 5

Yes he was in 1968.

Answer 6

Andy Warhol got shot in "the factory."