Inventor of Iconic Plastic Pink Flamingo, Donald Featherstone, Dies at 79, You may not know him by name, but rather clearly you've seen his work.
Donald Featherstone, the creator of the famous pink plastic flamingos that spotted yards for a considerable length of time, passed on in Massachusetts on Monday. He was 79.
As indicated by his wife Nancy, Featherstone was doing combating Lewy body dementia, the second most regular sort of dynamic dementia after Alzheimer's sickness. She says he passed away calmly and was encompassed by his family at a senior consideration office in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the Associated Press reports.
A prepared stone worker established in traditional workmanship, Featherstone made the kitschy animal in 1957 with motivation from a photograph he found in National Geographic. It was one of many things he made amid his 43 years working with Union Products plastics organization. He inevitably got to be president of the organization and resigned in 1999.
In 2006, Union went bankrupt, putting the destiny of the flamingo in risk. Luckily, Cado Products Inc. acquired the organization, which kept the fledgling in business.
In a meeting celebrating the 40th commemoration of the flamingo in 1996, Featherstone communicated his adoration for his creation: "Individuals say they're shabby, however all incredible craftsmanship started as tasteless."
Featherstone lived sufficiently long to see a Disney film character named after him – Gnomeo and Juliet has a pink flamingo in his honor.
"Donald was a remarkable, stand-out individual," his wife told The Boston Globe. "There was nobody like Donald. Truly nobody."
Notwithstanding his wife, he's made due by two youngsters, Judith Nelson and Harold Featherston
Donald Featherstone, the creator of the famous pink plastic flamingos that spotted yards for a considerable length of time, passed on in Massachusetts on Monday. He was 79.
As indicated by his wife Nancy, Featherstone was doing combating Lewy body dementia, the second most regular sort of dynamic dementia after Alzheimer's sickness. She says he passed away calmly and was encompassed by his family at a senior consideration office in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the Associated Press reports.
A prepared stone worker established in traditional workmanship, Featherstone made the kitschy animal in 1957 with motivation from a photograph he found in National Geographic. It was one of many things he made amid his 43 years working with Union Products plastics organization. He inevitably got to be president of the organization and resigned in 1999.
In 2006, Union went bankrupt, putting the destiny of the flamingo in risk. Luckily, Cado Products Inc. acquired the organization, which kept the fledgling in business.
In a meeting celebrating the 40th commemoration of the flamingo in 1996, Featherstone communicated his adoration for his creation: "Individuals say they're shabby, however all incredible craftsmanship started as tasteless."
Featherstone lived sufficiently long to see a Disney film character named after him – Gnomeo and Juliet has a pink flamingo in his honor.
"Donald was a remarkable, stand-out individual," his wife told The Boston Globe. "There was nobody like Donald. Truly nobody."
Notwithstanding his wife, he's made due by two youngsters, Judith Nelson and Harold Featherston
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