Famed Artist LeRoy Neiman Dead at Age 91, Artist Best Known for Famous Sporting Images Has Passed

Anyone who followed sports, boxing, Super Bowls and the Olympics knows who LeRoy Neiman was. His bold colors and brash paintings of sporting events were all the rage in their day. Sadly, the iconic artist LeRoy Neimna has passed away at the age of 91. Rest in Peace … he will now be painting brilliant colors in Heaven.

LeRoy Neiman, whose brilliantly colored, impressionistic sketches of sporting events and the international high life made him one of the most popular artists in the United States, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 91.

LeRoy Neiman – Montreal -76

Mr. Neiman’s kinetic, quickly executed paintings and drawings, many of them published in Playboy, offered his fans gaudily colored visual reports on heavyweight boxing matches, Super Bowl games and Olympic contests, as well as social panoramas like the horse races at Deauville, France, and the Cannes Film Festival.

He was named official artist of the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid and in Sarajevo as well as the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Check out the LeRoy Neimna website.

Mr. Neiman’s most famous images came from the world of sports. His long association with the Olympics began with the Winter Games in Squaw Valley in 1960, and he went on to cover the games, on live television, in Munich in 1972, Montreal in 1976, Lake Placid in 1980, and Sarajevo and Los Angeles in 1984, using watercolor, ink or felt-tip marker to produce images with the dispatch of a courtroom sketch artist. At the 1978 and 1979 Super Bowls, he used a computerized electronic pen to portray the action for CBS.

Although he was best known for scenes filled with people and incident, he also painted many portraits. Athletes predominated, with Muhammad Ali and Joe Namath among his more famous subjects, but he also painted Leonard Bernstein, the ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell, the poet Marianne Moore and Sylvester Stallone, who gave Mr. Neiman cameo roles in three “Rocky” films.

George Zimmerman’s Reenactment of What Happened the Night Trayvon Martin was Shot to Death (VIDEO)

Things that make you go Hmm …

WOW, this is quite interesting, a George Zimmerman reenactment of events given to investigators. A reenactment of George Zimmerman discussing what happened  in Sanford, FL on Feb. 26 , 2012 was released by Zimmerman’s defense attorney on the website gzlegalcase.com, a website managed by the Zimmerman defense team. In the video Zimmerman gives a blow by blow description of how the fight began and depicts Martin as the aggressor, a key point as his legal team builds his defense on Florida’s controversial “stand your ground”

From ABC News:

“He took my head and slammed it against the concrete several times, and each time I thought my head was going to explode and I thought I was going to lose consciousness,” George Zimmerman told police the day after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin.

“I started screaming for help,” but Martin pressed his hands over Zimmerman’s mouth and nose, he said. “He told me to shut the f&#k up, and I was suffocating.”

Zimmerman told police he was lying on the ground, but his head was on the concrete.

“I didn’t want him to keep slamming my head on the concrete so I kind of shifted. But when I shifted my jacket came up…and it exposed my firearm. That’s when he said you are going to die tonight. He took one hand off my mouth, and slid it down my chest. I took my gun aimed it at him and fired.”

ABC News is licking their chops that this is a gold mine for the prosecution. However, for the defense it could be as well. Why would a guilty man do such an interview? Um, newsflash … what if Zimmerman is telling the truth?

Daily Commentary – Thursday, June 21, 2012 – Voter Registration Forms Sent to Bedford VA Dog! Who Let the Dogs Vote..Who..Who?

• Mozart the dog received voter registration forms. If Mozart had lived, owner Tim Morris says he would have been 19 (voting age) in 2012!

Beth Holloway Sues National Enquirer (American Media Inc) Over Publishing Untrue Stories to Profit from Natalee Holloway’s 2005 Disappearance in Aruba

RETURN OF THE JEDI …

Beth Holloway, the mother of Natalee Holloway who went missing in 2005 in Aruba and is presumed deceased, has sued the National Enquirer for publishing false stories of her daughters disappearance to profit from the story over the past 7 years. The lawsuit references several articles, including one that claims Joran van der Sloot had a “secret hand-drawn” map to Holloway’s grave.  More to the point, the lawsuit claims the National Enquirer knew statements used in stories were false when they were published anyways.

The mother of Natalee Holloway is suing The National Enquirer, saying the tabloid published untrue stories to profit from her daughter’s 2005 disappearance in Aruba.

Beth Holloway said in the lawsuit filed Wednesday that the magazine and its publisher, American Media Inc., published “false headlines, articles and statements” for nearly seven years.

“They keep on doing it,” said Lin Wood, the attorney for Beth Holloway. “We had no choice but to file this lawsuit. This is a mother who has exercised every effort to make sure her daughter is alive.”

Beth Holloway has continued to search for answers as to what happened to her daughter in Aruba in 2005 and who was responsible. Beth remains a missing persons advocate as she speaks to others to inform them on the dangerous of travel. She continues to pursue “JUSTICE FOR NATALEE’.   According to reports, the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

GET ‘EM BETH!!!

Sanford, Florida Police Chief Bill Lee Fired in Wake of Death of Trayvon Martin By George Zimmerman

Something is amiss at the Circle K.

Sanford, Florida Police Chief Bill Lee was fired today in the aftermath of the death of Trayvon Martin and his mishandling of the case. Well kinda in the wake of the shooting death of the 17 year old, unarmed, hoodie wearing teen by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. Months have actually gone by since the actually shooting took place. Question, why did the city commissioners not accept Lee’s resignation letter back in April 2012? Initially, George Zimmerman was not arrested by Lee, nor charged in the shooting because there were no grounds to disprove his account of the events  that Martin had attacked him. Since then, Zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder. Another question, did Police Chief Lee really mishandle the case or was there really just no evidence proving murder?

“After much thoughtful discussion and deep consideration for the issues facing the city of Sanford, I have determined the police chief needs to have the trust and respect of the elected officials and the confidence of the entire community,” City Manager Norton Bonaparte said in a news release.

“We need to move forward with a police chief that all the citizens of Sanford can support. I have come to this decision in light of the escalating divisiveness that has taken hold of the city.”

Lee will receive a three-month severance and a week’s salary in addition to any earned time off.

As a search for Lee’s replacement is carried out, interim Chief Richard W. Myers will remain on the job.

Lee had submitted a resignation letter in April that said he was stepping down, but city commissioners voted not to accept it.

Sorry, but something seems so wrong with this case. The actions of Angela Courey are frightening and disturbing. Forget the fact that with the evidence that has been presented that it would appear Zimmerman has been overcharged and was time to drop the case as stated by Alan Dershowitz. These free speech comments caused Courey to threaten to sue Dershowitz. So how does the Chief of Police lee get fired this late in the game? The initial prosecutor mysteriously step down (VIDEO – watch Mark Nejame discuss) with a conflict of interest just before he was about to take the case to a grand jury. So what was the conflict? Then prosecutor Angela Courey has the grand jury step down and that she was going to make the charging decision. But not before she prayed with the victims family. Hmm. All this when there were no charges or arrests prior the the liberal MSM and the race baiters entered upon the scene.  Hate to say it, but these just reeks of the Duke LAX rape case and Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong.