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Daniel ‘Danny’ Simmons, Artist, Author, and Philanthropist, Has Died at 72

With his brothers, Simmons founded the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, and his work resides in museum collections including the Smithsonian’s.

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According to ARTnews’s source item, Daniel ‘Danny’ Simmons, Artist, Author, and Philanthropist, Has Died at 72, With his brothers, Simmons founded the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, and his work resides in museum collections including the Smithsonian’s.

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