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- Birth nameRobert Edwards McGinnis
- Robert McGinnis was born on February 3, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is known for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), The Hallelujah Trail (1965) and Robert McGinnis: Painting the Last Rose of Summer (2008). He was married to Ferne Mitchell. He died on March 10, 2025 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
- SpouseFerne Mitchell(1948 - February 19, 2023) (her death, 3 children)
- While McGinnis had a brief career in film posters, he was primarily an illustrator for paperback novel covers.
- In 1985, McGinnis was awarded the title of "Romantic Artist of the Year" by Romantic Times magazine for his many romance novel paperback covers, some of them considered to be clinch covers.
- McGinnis was a member of the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.
- McGinnis hitchhiked from Cincinnati to California to take up an apprenticeship at the Walt Disney Studios in California.
- He was an apprentice at Walt Disney Studios, where he trained as an animator. He later served in the Merchant Marine, and studied fine art at Ohio State, where he played left tackle during the football team's undefeated 1944 season.
- I don’t know what I would do if I ever stopped painting.
- All men are just victims, hooked and helpless in the face of female beauty.
- On his career on paperback covers: My illustration work went through the roof. I raised three kids on it. A lot of illustrators wouldn't do them-they were considered cheap and low-grade. But I enjoyed doing them. I didn't see anything demeaning about it
- On his Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) poster: I never dreamed it would be the most printed thing in history. You see it everywhere.
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