Word: ruocco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hypocrisy and superstition." In an interview the next day, Mendoza said that he had first formed the idea of assassinating the Pope "a long time ago," and would try again if he were free. Filipino acquaintances agreed that Mendoza was "a frustrated artist." A New York gallery owner, Louis Ruocco, noted that the painter was a "user of people," who admired Salvador Dali and his methods of attracting publicity. The attack, Ruocco guessed, was probably a publicity stunt. But Ligoa Duncan, another gallery owner, suggested that the "modest man" she knew would not have attempted such...
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