{"id":61257,"date":"2019-06-12T00:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T00:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=61257"},"modified":"2019-06-12T00:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T00:31:31","slug":"mary-max-wife-famed-artist-peter-max-kills-upper-west-side-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=61257","title":{"rendered":"Mary Max, wife of famed artist Peter Max, kills herself in Upper West Side apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Max, the wife of world-renowned psychedelic artist Peter Max, killed herself in her Upper West Side apartment over the weekend, police said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Max, 52, died of nitrogen asphyxiation and was discovered in her apartment on Riverside Drive near West 84th Street on Sunday evening, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>She had been involved in an ugly legal battle\u00a0with other members of the family over her dementia-afflicted, 81-year-old husband\u2019s artwork.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>In a 2015 lawsuit, Max\u2019s stepson, Adam Max, accused Mary of attempting to kill her husband so she could take control of his multimillion-dollar art collection.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Mary accused her stepson \u2014 who is three years younger than she is \u2014 of stealing $4.3 million worth of artwork that her husband gave her in a prenuptial agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Peter, who married Mary in the late 1990s, grew old and frail in recent years and grew ill during the court cases over his fortune.<\/p>\n\n<p>Peter Max rose to fame in the art world during the pop art era of the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>He grew extremely wealthy painting for private organizations, including the NFL, FIFA and cereal companies.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Max, the wife of world-renowned psychedelic artist Peter Max, killed herself in her Upper West Side apartment over the weekend, police said Monday. 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