Wall Street Charging Bull sculptor Arturo Di Modica ‘dies aged 80’

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56137600

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The sculptor behind Wall Street’s famous Charging Bull statue has died aged 80, reports say.

Friends of Arturo Di Modica told Italian media that the sculptor died in his home town of Vittoria, Sicily. He had been fighting cancer for many years, La Repubblica reported.

The bull was originally installed in New York in 1989 without permission.

It was designed to represent the “strength and power of the American people” after the 1987 market crash.

Publication Date: 20 February 2021

Publication Site: BBC