", FBI Special Agent Paul Russell said Hirschfeld's wife led them to the closet. Share to let others add their own memories and condolences. Don't judge by the big prices for art. Robert Kraft Off The Hook In Sex Spa Case, Charges Dropped. Plant a tree to honor the memory of your loved one. Please accept Echovita’s sincere condolences. Send your deepest condolences with fresh flowers. Tens of thousands of Times readers nationwide play the "Find Nina" game weekly. NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Al Hirschfeld, whose caricatures of the great and near-great of the theater were as entertaining as trying to find his daughter's name scribbled among the lines, died Monday. In addition to his wife, Dr. Hirschfield is survived by their two children, Rebecca and David, also of Manhattan, and his brother, Stanley Hearn of Chicago. He was found hiding in a bedroom closet after FBI agents and local police traveled up the New River by boat for the raid. "You'd think with his background as a lawyer he'd try to fight it, but he just gave up.". Here is Robert Arthur Hirschfeld’s obituary. First Posted: 8/20/2007ST. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. In 1958, the same year he became an instructor at Hunter College, he received his doctorate from New York University. Please allow 24 hours for your entry to be reviewed for appropriate content. He is also survived by 10 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and numerous extended family. Before long, CUNY-TV had introduced 25 nonfiction series, dealing with the sciences, cultural affairs, politics, foreign languages and other subjects. You're all in my prayers. Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A well-known Oregon environmentalist who has been missing since Sept. 7 amid wildfires in the region was confirmed dead Friday in the forest he spent much of his life trying to save. "I gave it up when I got interested in painting, then I got into drawing by an accident that catapulted me into my insatiable appetite for pure line, for distillation, for bringing things down to the simplest form, the essence. We are sad to announce that on April 24, 2020, at the age of 78, Robert Arthur Hirschfeld (Houston, Texas) passed away. He continued to work to his death. He was a fugitive for nearly nine years. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons issued a terse statement Tuesday confirming Hirschfeld's death was being investigated as a suicide. He was married to Nancy White. Sam Zolotow of The New York Times drama department bought a drawing of Harry Lauder from Hirshfeld in 1925, starting the artist's long association with that newspaper. "I make notes on the sketches like 'fried eggs for eyes' and 'polka dot ties.'. Two Miami Fire Department rescue crews responded to the federal lockup's clinic on Tuesday morning and attempted to revive the inmate, spokesman Ignatius Carroll said. See the article in its original context from. He said he worried about young people who want to get into the field and when they ask, he discourages them. Despite all that he went through, he never complained and was always the ultimate gentleman. People like Helen Hayes, Jimmy Stewart and Lillian Gish had such long careers that I drew them when they were young and over and over again through their lifetimes, so that they have begun to look like my drawings.".