John Giorno
Birth date
December 4, 1936
Death date
October 12, 2019
Place of birth
New York, New York
Profession
Acting
Age
82 years
Biography
John Giorno was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events, including Dial-A-Poem. He became prominent as the subject of Andy Warhol's film Sleep.
