What is Basil Gogos?
[[File:4.11.15BasilGogosByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gogos in November 2015]] '''Basil Gogos''' (March 12, 1929 &ndash; September 13, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/arts/basil-gogos-who-painted-monsters-with-love-dies-at-88.html|title=Basil Gogos, Who Painted Monsters With Love, Dies at 88|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|date=26 September 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> was an Egyptian-born American illustrator. He was born in [[Alexandria, Egypt|Alexandria]], [[Egypt]]. He was best known for his portraits of movie monsters which appeared on the covers of ''[[Famous Monsters of Filmland]]'' magazine in the 1960s and 1970s. Gogos died in [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]] of a [[heart attack]] on September 13, 2017 at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3459254/r-p-legendary-monster-artist-basil-gogos/|title=R.I.P. Legendary Monster Artist Basil Gogos|author=John Squires|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=September 16, 2017|date=September 14, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.vanguardproductions.net/basilgogos/ Gogos At VANGUARD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502213526/http://www.vanguardproductions.net/basilgogos/ |date=2009-05-02 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gogos, Basil}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:American illustrators]] [[Category:People from Alexandria]] {{US-bio-stub}}