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Peter Beard is an American photographer, diarist, and artist. He is best known for his black-and-white photographs of African wildlife and his diaries, which combine photographs with collages and writings. He has published several books of his work, including The End of the Game (1965), Eyelids of Morning (1973), and Longing for Darkness (1975). Beard was born in New York City in 1938. He attended the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, where he studied art history and anthropology. After graduating from Yale in 1960, he traveled to Africa, where he began taking photographs of wildlife. He has since become an advocate for conservation and has worked with the World Wildlife Fund and other organizations to protect endangered species. Beard has been the subject of several documentaries, including Peter Beard: Scrapbooks from Africa and Beyond (2005) and Peter Beard: Last Word from Paradise (2016). He has also been featured in numerous exhibitions, including a retrospective at the International Center of Photography in New York City in 2006. Beard has been married twice, first to Nejma Khanum and then to actress Cheryl Tiegs. He has two children, Zara and Owen.

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Occupation miscellaneous,actor,cinematographer
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 22 January, 1938
Birthday 22 January
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Date of death 31 March, 2020
Died Place Camp Hero State Park, Montauk, Long Island, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is Peter Beard's Wife?

His wife is Nejma Beard (December 1986 - 31 March 2020) ( his death) ( 1 child), Cheryl Tiegs (24 May 1981 - 1983) ( divorced), Minnie Cushing (12 August 1967 - ?) ( divorced)

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Wife Nejma Beard (December 1986 - 31 March 2020) ( his death) ( 1 child), Cheryl Tiegs (24 May 1981 - 1983) ( divorced), Minnie Cushing (12 August 1967 - ?) ( divorced)
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Peter Beard Net Worth

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Source of Income Miscellaneous

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2020

He suffered from dementia and had been missing from his cliffside Montauk compound since March 31, 2020. Beard's disappearance sparked a massive search, with dozens of members of law enforcement and K-9 units going door to door and helicopters and drones scanning the coastline. His his remains were found not far from his Long Island property in a densely wooded area of Camp Hero State Park on April 19, 2020.

1977

This was quickly followed by his landmark installation at the International Center of Photography in New York City in 1977. This show exhibited his photographs, elephant carcasses, burned diaries, taxidermy, African artifacts, books and personal memorabilia. In addition to creating original artwork, Beard has befriended and collaborated on projects with many legendary artists including Andy Warhol, Andrew Wyeth, Richard Linder, Terry Southern, Truman Capote and Francis Bacon.

1975

Beard's first exhibit was at the Blum Helman Gallery in New York in 1975.

1973

Beard has written further books on his African experience: "Eyelids of Morning" (1973), "Longing for Darkness" (1975) and "Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa" (2004), written for his daughter.

1970

Romantically linked to Lee Radziwill, the sister of Jacqueline Kennedy, in the 1970s.

1965

In the early '60s he worked at Kenya's Tsavo National Park where he photographed and documented the demise of over 35,000 elephants, which later became the subject of his first book "The End of the Game" (1965). During the same period he acquired Hog Ranch, the property adjacent to Karen Blixen's (Isak Dinesen), whom he had met through his cousin Jerome Hill. Hog Ranch, located near the Ngong Hills, became his home base in East Africa.

1957

In 1957 he entered Yale University as a pre-med undergraduate, but soon switched his major to art history, studying under Vincent Scully, Joseph Albers and Richard Linder.

1955

Trips to Africa in 1955 and 1960 piqued his interests and, after graduating from Yale, he returned to Africa.

1938

Born in 1938 in New York City and raised in New York City, Alabama and Islip, Long Island, Peter Beard began keeping diaries at an early age. He took his first pictures at the age of twelve and photography quickly evolved into an extension of his diaries, as a way to preserve and remember favorite things.

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