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Walter Stanley Keane (1915 - 2000)

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Born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Ancestors

Son of William Robert Keane and Alma Christina (Johnsen) Keane

Brother of Thomas Keane[half], William Robert Keane[half], Helen Keane[half], Lucille Keane[half], Jeanette Marie (Keane) Rousey, John Edward Keane, James Keane, Paul F Keane, Virginia M Keane and [private brother (1910s - unknown)]

[children unknown]

Died at age 85in Encinitas, San Diego County, California

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Biography

Famed plagiarist of the "big eye" waif paintings, actually created by his wife, Margaret Keane.

Walter Keane, a flamboyant 1950s and '60s North Beach artist best known for portraits of sad, doe-eyed children that became a worldwide sensation, died Dec. 27 at an Encinitas hospital. He was 85.

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