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Frank Lloyd Wright 1867 - 1959

Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin United States, and died at age 91 years old on April 9, 1959 at Cardiovascular - Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital 350 W Thomas Rd, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ. Frank Wright was buried on April 12, 1959 at Taliesin West 12621 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, in Scottsdale.

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    Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. Born: June 8, 1867, Richland Center, WI Died: April 9, 1959, Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ Artworks: Side Chair, On view: Dallas Museum Of Art, Spouse: Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (m. 1928–1959), Children: John Lloyd Wright, Iovanna Wright, Alfonso Iannelli Structures Fallingwater Taliesin Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Taliesin West Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright were married for 30 years (until 1959). Olgivanna Lloyd Wright
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    1867

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    June 8, 1867
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    Richland Center, Wisconsin 53581, United States
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  • Professional Career

    Born Frank Lloyd Wright June 8, 1867 Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S. Died April 9, 1959 (aged 91) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison Occupation Architect Spouse(s) Catherine Tobin ​(m. 1889; div. 1922)​ Miriam Noel ​(m. 1923; div. 1927)​ Olga Lazovich Milanoff ​(m. 1928)​ Children 7, including Lloyd Wright and John Lloyd Wright Awards RIBA Gold Medal AIA Gold Medal Twenty-five Year Award (4) Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity Buildings Fallingwater Kentuck Knob Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Johnson Wax Headquarters Taliesin Taliesin West Robie House Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Darwin D. Martin House Unity Temple Ennis House Larkin Administration Building Affleck House Dana-Thomas House Coonley House Marin County Civic Center First Unitarian Society of Madison Price Tower Westcott House Monona Terrace Meyer May House Allen House Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Graycliff Westhope Projects Usonian Houses Broadacre City Signature Frank Lloyd Wright signature.svg

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    Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright Famous Memorial Birth 8 Jun 1867 Richland Center, Richland County, Wisconsin, USA Death 9 Apr 1959 (aged 91) Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Cenotaph Taliesin West Burial Site Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, Plot No marker Memorial ID 1129 · View Source Memorial Photos 1 Flowers 597 Architect. He designed office, hotel and museum buildings, as well as dwellings for rich and poor, that were constructed across America and internationally, some of which were controversial and impractical (such as New York's Guggenheim Museum, which because of its futuristic design of curves and sweeps does not allow for space to exhibit paintings) The main concentration of his structures are located in Oak Park, Illinois, while other commissions were completed years after his death such as the stunning lakefront Monono Terrace Community and Convention Center located in Madison, Wisconsin. Born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, his father deserted the family and left them to fend for themselves much as Frank himself did when he simply abandoned his first wife and four children and moved in with his neighbor Margaret (Mamah) Cheney. She became the tragedy of his life when murdered along with her two children and two others by the family servant at his residence, who then set fire to the dwelling in a dispute over his salary. He resided summers in Wisconsin and winters at his estate in Arizona. In the Spring of 1959, intestinal blockage surgery failed and Frank Lloyd Wright died at the age of ninety-one. The body was returned to his 1,600 acre estate at Spring Green, Wisconsin. After a service, a horse and wagon carried his body from Unity Chapel to where the graves of many members of the Wright family (his mother, his mistress Mamah and her two children) are interred. His first wife, Kitty had died at age 92 a few weeks before. However, after the death of Olgivanna Wright his last wife, his body was disinterred, his remains cremated and his ashes mixed with Olgivanna's and then divided: some spread over the Arizona desert and the rest interred on the Wright estate. View Cenotaph here View Cenotaph here Bio by: Donald Greyfield Gravesite Details Frank Lloyd Wright is no longer interred at this location. He was removed, cremated and his ashes spread at 3 different locations per Taliesin West Personnel. Family Members Parents William Carey Wright 1825–1904 Anna Lloyd Jones Wright 1838–1923 Spouses Catherine Lee Tobin Wright 1871–1959 (m. 1889) Maude Miriam Hicks Wright 1869–1930 (m. 1923) Olgivanna Lloyd Wright 1898–1985 (m. 1928) Siblings Frank Lloyd Wright 1867–1959 Mary Jane Wright Porter 1870–1953 Maginel Wright Barney 1880–1966 Maginel Wright Barney 1880–1966 Half Siblings George Irving Wright 1858–1934 Elizabeth Amelia Wright Heller 1860–1950 Children David Samuel Wright 1895–1997 Iovanna Lloyd Wright 1925–2015 Flowers • 597
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    1959

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    April 9, 1959
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    Cardiovascular Problems
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    Cardiovascular - Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital 350 W Thomas Rd, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 85013, United States
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  • 04/12
    1959

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    April 12, 1959
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    Taliesin West 12621 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona 85259, United States
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  • Obituary

    Frank Lloyd Wright Dies; Famed Architect Was 89; Leader in Modern U. S. Style of Building -- Stirred Controversy Frank Lloyd Wright, Leader of Modern Architecture School, Dies in Phoenix at 89 ICONOCLAST NOTED FOR STRONG IDEAS Believed Form in Building Should Follow Function -- Once Foe of Skyscrapers Special to The New York Times. April 10, 1959 April 10, 1959, Page 1 PHOENIX, Ariz., April 9 -- Frank Lloyd Wright, regarded by many as the greatest architect of the twentieth century, died early today in St. Joseph's Hospital. He was 89 years old.
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"Like many famous men, my grandfather was too busy to be a good father. But he was a charming grandfather. He designed plans for me for a doll house. "- actress Anne Baxter remembering her grandfather, architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Photo taken in 1954.
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Wright, Annie (Born Nov 10, 1895) Wright, Bertha (Born Feb 15, 1893) Wright, Isaac (Born Oct 28, 1897) Wright, Alexander (Born Mar 13, 1869) Wright, Ada Alice (Born Feb 28, 1874) Wright, Effie (Born 1904) Wright, Eucie (Born 1902) Wright, Vadie (Born 1906) Wright, Allen (Born 1866) Wright, Emma (Born 1872)

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