On what date did Andy Warhol die after complications from gallbladder surgery?

Andy Warhol died on February 22, 1987, after complications from gallbladder surgery.

Warhol had undergone surgery at New York Hospital and initially appeared to be recovering. He died in his sleep at the age of 58. His death followed decades of major contributions to Pop Art, experimental film, publishing, television, and celebrity culture.

Warhol was buried near his family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the city where he was born. A memorial service was later held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan.

A common mix-up is confusing Warhol’s death date with the date of the 1968 shooting in which he was seriously wounded. Valerie Solanas shot Warhol on June 3, 1968, nearly 19 years before his death. Warhol’s career continued after that attack, including important portrait commissions and collaborations during the 1970s and 1980s.