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I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
Robert Mapplethorpe
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Robert Mapplethorpe
Age: 42 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
Died: 1989
Died: March 18
Collagist
Photo Artist
Photographer
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Floral Park
Queens
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Robert Maplethorpe
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe
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