Dorothy Podber

Dorothy Podber shot a bullet through a few of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe silk screen paintings, re-enacted the shower scene from Psycho with artist Ray Johnson on the streets of Manhattan, and ran an illegal abortion referral service from her apartment. Even Mr. Warhol called her "too scary." She was a "wild child," indeed, of the 1950's and 60's as The New York Times writes this morning. She died of "natural causes" in her apartment at 75. More on the Warhol shootings after the jump.  read more »