LeRoy Neiman, Painter of Athletes and Celebrities, Dies at 91

LeRoy Neiman, the flamboyantly mustachioed painter whose vivid portraits of athletes and celebrities made him one of the best-known and most commercially successful American artists, has died. He was 91.

He died yesterday, the Associated Press reported, citing his publicist, Gail Parenteau. No cause of death was reported. The New York Post said in April 2010 that a vascular problem had forced the amputation of Neiman’s right leg.