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Sketch artist for NBC, Shirl rendered the last image of Howard Hughes from a description by the pilots who flew him from Mexico to Texas and last saw him alive. The picture was published in newspapers around the world.
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Shirl attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., Dallas Art Institure, El Instituto Allende, San Miguel, Mexico; and studied with Paul Gaugain’s son in Papeete, Tahiti.
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