Rest in Peace Larry Watson.

[John Goschke]

THought you guys who know his work would want to know. From the Jalopy Journal forum...

Posted yesterday afternoon by Ryan on the HAMB; apparently Larry was quite ill. Don't know what the problem was, but as Ryan points out Mr. Watson would likely rather have us focus on his work than his illness.

Check it out; five-plus pages of tributes from friends and admirers...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=494180

Sadly Larry passed away early this morning. A true artist and by all accounts a really good guy...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=494545

[Eshaver]

Larry , definetly a trend setter ! I'm sure he will enjoy his eternal resting place as he wil color it a more beautiful place for all who come ! Ed Shaver

[iBorg]

Larry Watson was a trendsetter with a career that spanned from the 50's until the present.

He will be missed.

Mike

[Danno]

Sad to hear. Another true icon has passed; another legendary innovator gone. But, his work lives on undiminished.

[Kris Morgan]

Sadly another legend lost. R.I.P.

[Jon Carr]

I was a friend of Mr. Watson, He had been fighting brain cancer that had spread through his body. He had done 10 radiation treatments and made him ill. Tomorrow is his birthday, he would have been 72. RIP

[Smart-Resins]

It was good to see he was able to help come up with the blue for the orbitron again after so many years off him painting it the first time. I guess the 58 Ford is one of his more noteable jobs? But I always liked his 58 Pontiac! His rig was cool too! Many a jobs did he do for Big Daddy! Not many legends left. Too few trying to think about walking in thier foot paths!

[Peter Lombardo]

Sorry to hear of Larry's passing. As was said before, the passing of another legend...so very said. I have many books on Hot Rods and Customs and many have entire chapters devoted to his work.

That is one of the great things about being an artist, whether it is paint on canvas, or marble stone work, or sheet metal or, in Larry's case, paint on sheet metal, even after you are gone, a piece of you lives on indefinably. Long live the art and the artists that create it.

Edited July 21, 2010 by Peter Lombardo