1. Jon Gould had a secret romance with artist Andy Warhol from 1981 to 1985.
22 Facts About Jon Gould
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Jon Jewell Gould was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts on May 7,1953.
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Jon Gould was born into a prominent Yankee family that has owned a 900-acre dairy farm and estate since the 1700s.
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Jon Gould had a twin brother, Jay Gould, who is a restaurateur and investor.
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In 1977, Jon Gould was hired by Straight Arrow Press as the East Coast sales manager for Rolling Stone and Outside magazine.
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In 1978, Jon Gould joined Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Division as the director of marketing administration for the Marketing Group.
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In 1979, Jon Gould became the executive assistant to Frank Mancuso, the executive vice president of distribution and marketing.
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When Mancuso was promoted to president of distribution, Jon Gould remained his executive assistant.
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In 1980, Jon Gould was appointed vice president of corporate communications for Paramount Pictures Corp.
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Jon Gould specialized in marketing films such as Urban Cowboy and Flashdance.
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In 1983, Jon Gould worked to get the Showtime network, owned by Paramount, the film rights to the Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park.
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In November 1980, Jon Gould met artist Andy Warhol at a New York gallery through a mutual friend, photographer Christopher Makos.
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Jon Gould had a certain pedigree that attracted the artist, becoming the most photographed subject of Warhol's later career.
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Jon Gould was admitted to New York Hospital with pneumonia on February 4,1984.
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Jon Gould prioritized his work over Warhol and frequently took extended business trips to California for a month at a time.
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Jon Gould had his portrait painted by Warhol's collaborator Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1985.
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In March 1985, Jon Gould purchased the former home of actress Joan Hackett in Beverly Hills and did not give Warhol a key to his house.
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Jon Gould gradually distanced himself from Warhol, and the two were no longer on speaking terms by the end of 1985.
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Jon Gould died of AIDS-related pneumonia at the age of 33 in Los Angeles on September 17,1986.
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Jon Gould denied even to close friends that he had AIDS.
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In September 2004, the exhibition "Andy Warhol: The Jon Gould Collection" was mounted at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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Jon Gould had works by artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Robert Rauschenberg, Marc Chagall, and Keith Haring.