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, whom he claimed to have met in 1961 at an

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: Ondine was the focus of Warhol's book, '' a, A Novel'', based on transcripts of Ondine and others. He appeared in films made by his lover, Roger Jacoby, ''Dream Sphinx Opera'', ''L'Amico Fried's Glamorous Friends'', and ''Kunst Life''. In later years, he supported himself by showing Warhol films and delivering a lecture on his days as a

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on the college circuit. He died of AIDS-related liver disease in

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in 1989, aged 52. He was portrayed in the film ''

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'' by

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Filmography

*'' Batman Dracula'' (1964) *'' Couch'' (1964) *''Raw Weekend'' (196

*'' Afternoon (film), Afternoon'' (1965) *'' Restaurant'' (1965) *''

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'' (1965) *''

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'' (1965) *''

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'' (1966) *'' Since'' (1966) *'' Four Stars aka ****'' (1967) *''

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'' (1967) *'' Dream Sphinx Opera'' (1972) *''

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'' (1973) *'' Silent Night, Bloody Night'' (1974) *'' Kunst Life'' (1975) *'' L'Amico Fried's Glamorous Friends'' (1976)

Quotes about Ondine

*"You can't enjoy what he's doing to your psychology if you're so weak that you become paranoid, and there are people who tend to do that. Otherwise, if you had any intellectual integrity at all, you would just feel his love, and you would enjoy it like it was better than a theater performance because it was really ''live''." -

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Watson, Steve (2003). ''Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties''. Pantheon Books. .

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Quotes about Ondine

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