Way Bandy

Infobox Person
name = Way Bandy (né Ronald D. Wright)

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birth_date = 1941
birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama
death_date = August 13, 1986 (aged 45)
death_place = New York City, New York
occupation = Make-up artist

Way Bandy (1941 – August 13, 1986), born Ronald D. Wright in Birmingham, Alabama, was an American celebrity make-up artist in the 1970s and 1980s. Bandy was one of the fashion world’s highest-paid makeup artist.

Biography

Career

Bandy arrived in New York City in the mid-1960s and began working at a modeling school as a makeup teacher. He soon got a job as makeup director at Charles of the Ritz before leaving the company in 1971 to do makeup for the Broadway show "No, No, Nanette".cite book|last=Fried|first=Stephen |title=Thing of Beauty|publisher=Pocket Books|date=1994|pages=122|isbn=0-671-70105-3]

Bandy gained fame when he and friend Maury Hopson transformed Martha Beall Mitchell, wife of U.S. Attorney General and Watergate conspirator John N. Mitchell, during a photo session with Francesco Scavullo. [cite news|url=http://www.observer.com/node/39737|title=Francesco Scavullo showed there was no surface in the public arena that couldn't be polished.|last=Norwich|first=William|date=1997-10-12|publisher="The New York Observer"|accessdate=2008-07-28] Bandy also authored a book, "Designing Your Face", to teach his signature style of heavy, all natural makeup application.

Death

On August 13, 1986, Bandy died of AIDS-related pneumonia at New York Hospital. [cite book|last=Fried|first=Stephen |title=Thing of Beauty|publisher=Pocket Books|date=1994|pages=372|isbn=0-671-70105-3]

References

External links

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* [http://vmagazine.com/article.php?n=892 Heroes: Way Bandy]

Persondata
NAME= Bandy, Way
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Make-up artist
DATE OF BIRTH= 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH= Unknown
DATE OF DEATH= August 13, 1986
PLACE OF DEATH= New York City, New York