What is John Giorno?
{{Infobox person |name=John Giorno |image=File:John-Giorno.jpg |image_size=250px |caption=John Giorno at Annikki Poetry Festival press conference in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] on June 11, 2010 |birth_date={{birth date|1936|12|04}} |birth_place=[[New York City]], U.S. |death_date= {{death date and age|2019|10|11|1936|12|04}} |death_place=New York City, U.S. |education = [[Columbia University]] |occupation=[[Poet]], [[performance art]]ist |spouse = Ugo Rondinone }} '''John Giorno''' (December 4, 1936 – October 11, 2019) was an American [[poetry|poet]] and [[performance art]]ist. He founded the not-for-profit production company '''Giorno Poetry Systems'''. He was known for his works with [[Andy Warhol]]'s and appeared in Warhol's movie ''[[Sleep (1963 movie)|Sleep]]'' (1963). Giorno died of a [[heart attack]] at age 82 on October 11, 2019, at his home in [[Manhattan]].<ref name = NYT>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/obituaries/john-giorno-dead.html|title = John Giorno, Who Moved Poetry Beyond the Printed Page, Dies at 82|work = [[The New York Times]]|last = Kennedy|first = Randy|date = October 13, 2019|access-date = October 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://heavy.com/news/2019/10/john-giorno-dead/|title = John Giorno Dead: Legendary Poet Dies at 82|last = Farrell|first = Paul|work = Heavy|date = October 12, 2019|access-date = October 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.artnews.com/2019/10/12/john-giorno-artist-poet-dead/|title = John Giorno, Storied Artist Who Expanded Poetry's Possibilities, Is Dead at 82|work = [[ARTnews]]|last = Russeth|first = Andrew|date = October 12, 2019|access-date = October 12, 2019}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Giorno, John}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:American LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:LGBT a