Talk:Mark Lombardi

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Death date[edit]

So did he die in 1999 or 2000 (or some other year)? --142.68.242.196 05:52, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

NY Time obituary. 2000. Definitely 2000. --Maru (talk) Contribs 06:11, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To Do[edit]

Add a picture of Mark and one of his artworks. 129.21.183.31 21:12, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced statements[edit]

It has been suggested that the strain of recreating one of his masterpieces (the BCCI-ICIC & FAB, 1972-91, which was destroyed by the sprinkler system in Lombardi's apartment), and of living in New York City, and of the destruction of his car by a taxi, as well as the stress of imminent success, all contributed to what some friends believed to have been a manic-depressive condition and eventually to his suicide.

To include a paragraph such as this in an encyclopedia, without professional documentation, is tabloid and completely irresponsible. ---Michael David 15:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In response to the latest edit by Marudubshinki:

If statements such as ‘It has been suggested” and, especially, “what some friends believed to have been a manic-depressive condition” are actually from the source you state, this source should be deleted. Think about it; his friends believed him to be manic-depressive! This is nonsense in a serious (or, for that matter any) encyclopedia. ---Michael David 12:16, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm serious. It is not nonsense.

"Think about it; his friends believed him to be manic-depressive! This is nonsense in a serious (or, for that matter any) encyclopedia."

Your statement is nonsensical. Friends cannot recognize mental problems of their friends, is that what you're saying? And I doubt very much that discussion of possible reasons for an unexpected suicide is unencyclopedia.

If you want to see some sources (without actually getting the book I was using as a reference), see http://www.wburg.com/0202/arts/lombardi.html. It's a cut down version, and is only part of the book, but 'twill suffice. --maru (talk) contribs 16:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Think! If I were a friend of yours, and I thought you were looney tunes, would you want this to be included in an encyclopedia article about you? --Michael David 17:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Manic Depressiveness is hardly "looney tunes" crazy. And I think I would prefer it to silence, or crazy conspiratorial mutterings. --maru (talk) contribs 20:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unreliable Sources[edit]

http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/197/1/19 "Mark Lombardi – fallen stars",

Cavanaugh, The British Journal of Psychiatry. 2010; 197: 19

is clearly drawn almost solely from this article. (I didn't see anything in it which wasn't either stated or could be inferred from here.) Hence, it should be completely avoided as a reference. --Gwern (contribs) 09:41 6 July 2010 (GMT)

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Should we add a section for Films?

Mark Lombardi: Death-defying Acts of Art and Conspiracy - English --87.170.199.98 (talk) 01:53, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It already has a paragraph in the posthumous exhibits section. Why do you think it needs its own section? —David Eppstein (talk) 05:04, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]