1. Storm Elvin Thorgerson was an English art director and music video director.
11 Facts About Storm Thorgerson
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Storm Thorgerson is best known for closely working with the group Pink Floyd through most of their career, and created album or other art for Led Zeppelin, Phish, Black Sabbath, 10cc, the Alan Parsons Project, the Mars Volta and the Cranberries.
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Storm Thorgerson attended Summerhill School, Brunswick Primary School in Cambridge, and the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys with Pink Floyd founders Syd Barrett, who was in the year below him, and Roger Waters, who was in the year above him.
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Storm Thorgerson studied English and Philosophy at the University of Leicester, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours, before studying Film and Television at the Royal College of Art, where he graduated with a Master of Arts degree.
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Storm Thorgerson was a teenage friend of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and best man at Gilmour's wedding to Polly Samson in 1994.
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Many of Storm Thorgerson's designs are notable for their surreal elements.
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Storm Thorgerson had won the 2012 award for his continued work with Pink Floyd.
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In 2003, Storm Thorgerson suffered a stroke, from which he was partially paralysed.
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Storm Thorgerson was later diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer which eventually led to his death in London on 18 April 2013, at the age of 69.
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Storm Thorgerson is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
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In 2015, a film documentary, Taken by Storm Thorgerson, was released on DVD and web streaming.