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Bob Waldmire was born on 19 April, 1945 in Illinois, is an artist. Discover Bob Waldmire's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?
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64 years old |
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19 April, 1945 |
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December 16, 2009 |
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Bob Waldmire Height, Weight & Measurements
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Bob Waldmire Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Bob Waldmire worth at the age of 64 years old? Bob Waldmire’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from United States. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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In an interview published by Jay Crim on Youtube in 2013, Robert Waldmire, details aspects of his life in relation to Route 66 through a series of questions. He described his involvement with Route 66, what he found most interesting, his role as an artist, and what he chooses to emphasize in his artwork.
1. Jay Crim. “Inverview: Bob Waldmire: Question 1”. Filmed [2013]. Youtube video, 3:45. Posted [April 2013]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqCGnoUFdio
2. Jay Crim. “Inverview: Bob Waldmire: Question 2”. Filmed [2013]. Youtube video, 1:26. Posted [April 2013]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4aULy0y_o0
3. Jay Crim. “Inverview: Bob Waldmire: Question 3”. Filmed [2013]. Youtube video, 9:09. Posted [April 2013]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0Wntkdffvg
4. Jay Crim. “Inverview: Bob Waldmire: Question 5”. Filmed [2013]. Youtube video, 4:10. Posted [April 2013]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvnlF9CCiz4&t=18s
On November 22, 2009 "Bob’s Last Art Show" was held at the Cozy Dog Drive-In. On December 16, 2009, Waldmire died from cancer which had spread from his colon to his liver. His ashes were returned to the earth at multiple sites, including his parents' gravesite in Mottarville Cemetery near Rochester, Illinois, both U.S. Route 66 endpoints and other pre-selected US 66 locations including his longtime Arizona winter home.
In 2004, Bob Waldmire earned the National Historic Route 66 Federation's John Steinbeck Award for his contributions to the preservation of Route 66.
Waldmire sold the store to John and Kerry Pritchard in 1998 due to local disputes regarding the environmental and aesthetic impact of quarries removing local stone for use in landscaping.
In 1992, Bob Waldmire re-opened the Hackberry General Store in the ghost town of Hackberry, Arizona as a Route 66 tourism information post and souvenir shop. The 1934 store, originally the Northside Grocery and Conoco station, had been closed and vacant since 1978 after Interstate 40 in Arizona bypassed the town (on 66) and left it stranded fifteen miles away from the very different route taken by I-40.
Involvement with Route 66 – Waldmire grew up on Route 66 but did not find a connection to it until he drove on the road from Arizona to Illinois in the fall of 1987. He took it as a detour after encountering a traffic-dense interstate and figured the frontage road would be less impacted. He found it fascinating to drive down a piece of 66 and started wondering how many pieces he could cover as he made his way to Illinois. As a travelling map-making artist, he thought of the idea to draw a map of old route 66 because he was inspired by his trip. This jump started his involvement with 66 as an artist which lined up with what he refers to as the “revival” of Route 66.
One of Waldmire's modified vehicles, an orange 1972 Volkswagen Microbus, was the inspiration for the character "Fillmore" from the 2006 animated motion picture Cars. Pixar abandoned a proposal to name the character "Waldmire" as Waldmire was unwilling to sell marketing rights to Disney for a series of toys which would appear in McDonald's Happy Meals.
Robert Waldmire (April 19, 1945 – December 16, 2009) was an American artist and cartographer who is well known for his artwork of U.S. Route 66, including whimsical maps of the Mother Road and its human and natural ecology. Being the son of Ed Waldmire Jr., he is often associated with the Cozy Dog Drive In restaurant in Springfield, Illinois (on U.S. Route 66), the elder Waldmire (along with his friend Don Strand) having created the Cozy Dog.
