Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928, in a two-room apartment at 73 Orr Street in a working-class neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”

Warhol's private nurse checked on him at 4 a.m. on February 22, and he seemed medically fine. Less than two hours later, however, the nurse found him unresponsive, and healthcare staff were unable to resuscitate him. The official cause of death was listed as ventricular fibrillation.

Andy Warhol did not have children. Warhol was an openly gay man; his openness was notable in that during his lifetime homosexuality was significantly less accepted than in the 21st century.