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Donald Featherstone, creator of plastic pink flamingo, dies aged 79 | Donald Featherstone, creator of plastic pink flamingo, dies aged 79 |
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The creator of the pink plastic lawn flamingo, the ultimate symbol of American lawn kitsch, has died. Donald Featherstone was 79. | The creator of the pink plastic lawn flamingo, the ultimate symbol of American lawn kitsch, has died. Donald Featherstone was 79. |
Featherstone’s wife, Nancy, told the Associated Press on Tuesday that her husband died on Monday at an elder care facility in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, having had Lewy body dementia. | Featherstone’s wife, Nancy, told the Associated Press on Tuesday that her husband died on Monday at an elder care facility in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, having had Lewy body dementia. |
Related: The plastic pink flamingo – in pictures | |
Featherstone, a trained sculptor with a classical art background, created the flamingo in 1957 for plastics company Union Products, modeling it after a bird he saw in National Geographic magazine. Millions of the birds have been sold. | Featherstone, a trained sculptor with a classical art background, created the flamingo in 1957 for plastics company Union Products, modeling it after a bird he saw in National Geographic magazine. Millions of the birds have been sold. |
Featherstone worked for Union for 43 years, inventing hundreds of plastic products in that time and rising to the position of president before his retirement in 1999. | Featherstone worked for Union for 43 years, inventing hundreds of plastic products in that time and rising to the position of president before his retirement in 1999. |
In addition to his wife of 40 years, Featherstone is survived by two children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. | In addition to his wife of 40 years, Featherstone is survived by two children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. |
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