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Art Shay
2026-11-15 07:02:20 · Cedar Herald Index
Art Shay (March 31, 1922 – April 28, 2018) was an American photographer and writer. He was born in The Bronx, New York, but spent most of his life in Chicago. Shay's 2000 autobiography is titled Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the 20th Century. In 2002, the American Theater Company in Chicago staged Shay's autobiographical play, Where Have You Gone, Jimmy Stewart?, directed by Mike Nussbaum.
Shay died in April 2018 at the age of 96 in Deerfield, Illinois from heart failure.
References
Other websites
Page on Art Shay at About.com
Collection of links and reviews of Art Shay's work
Stephen Daiter Gallery, artist listing work of Art Shay
Report: Photographer Art Shay hired to document Corgan, Pumpkins
Photojournalist: Art Shay - WTTW - Aired February 10, 2010
1922 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
American military personnel of World War II
American autobiographers
American photographers
Writers from New York City
Writers from Chicago
