
Acting
December 4, 1936
Died at age 82
October 12, 2019
Date of Death
New York, New York
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John Giorno was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events, including Dial-A-Poem. He became prominent as the subject of Andy Warhol's film Sleep.