This caricature is of the famous mime artist Marcel Marceau who passed away in Paris recently. I was fortunate enough to meet him when he gave his last performance in Ireland in the Olympia Theatre, Dublin. I was requested by the Irish Times to do a caricature of the great mime artist. When Marcel saw it he phoned asking could he purchase it. The Irish Times gave him my number, I gladly offered him the caricature for free. He invited me to the show and after an excellent performance I met him and gave him the picture.

For a man who was silent for over two hours on stage he was a great conversationalist and spoke about himself in the third person. The world is impoverished losing such a great talent but his legacy lives on.

Don Conroy

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