What is Peter Beard?
[[File:Peter Hill Beard beach photo Marcio Scavone b.jpg|thumb|250px]] '''Peter Hill Beard''' (January 22, 1938 – April 19 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] artist, [[photographer]], [[diarist]] and writer. He lived and worked in [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Kenya]]. His photographs of [[Africa]] and [[African animals]] were widely shown and published since the 1960s. Beard was born in New York. He was married three times. His second wife was supermodel [[Cheryl Tiegs]]. He had a child with his third wife. On March 31, 2020, Beard wandered away from his home in [[Montauk, New York]]. At the time of his disappearance, he was suffering from [[dementia]] and ill health after a [[stroke]]. On April 19, 2020, he was found dead in a wooded area by a hunter. He was 82.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit |title=Peter Beard, Wildlife Photographer on the Wild Side, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/arts/peter-beard-dead.amp.html |website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 20, 2020 |date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Wikiquote}} * {{official website|http://www.peterbeard.com}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beard, Peter}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American photographers]] [[Category:Diarists]] [[Category:Unexplained deaths]] [[Category:Writers from New York (state)]] {{US-bio-stub}}