Crime & Safety
Art Dealer Killed In Trump Tower Fire Had Westchester Roots
He was mentioned multiple times in Warhol's autobiography.
HARRISON, NY — The 67-year-old man who was killed in the Saturday fire at Trump Tower in New York City had Westchester roots. Todd Brassner, who lived on the 50th floor of the high-rise building on Fifth Avenue, had roots in Harrison and went to school in New Rochelle, News12.com said.
He also went to Pace University.
Brassner was a prominent Andy Warhol art dealer, having once sold a 1967 self-portrait of the artist for $600,000.
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He was mentioned multiple times in Warhol’s autobiography, “The Andy Warhol Diaries.”
For more, read News12.com here.
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