John Giorno, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Giorno

American writer

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1936

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Oct-2019

Profession: actor, writer, poet, author

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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John Giorno (December 4, 1936 – October 11, 2019) 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 (1964).
He was also an AIDS activist and fundraiser, and a long-time practitioner of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.