Best Obituary Ever

Sometimes, a newspaper obituary just writes itself. From the Telegraph‘s obituary for the late German artist Jorg Immendorff, a controversial painter whose work graces the Saatchi Gallery:

In what became known as the Orgy of the Year, Immendorff was discovered naked having his nipples licked by a retinue of seven young filles de joie, while 11 grams of cocaine lay ready for consumption on a Versace ashtray nearby. Notwithstanding his exotic private life — he had also been a luminary of Dusseldorf’s sadomasochistic scene — Immendorff was regarded by many critics as an original and vigorous artist of great complexity.

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