Charles Aberg

Charles Preston Aberg III (August 11, 1945 – April 13, 1982)[1] was an American artist who starred in Andy Warhol's unreleased 1966 feature Withering Sights, a spoof of the classic novella Wuthering Heights.[2] Aberg played Heathcliff while co-star Ingrid Superstar was Cathy. A native of Wareham, Massachusetts,[3] Aberg first encountered Warhol in February 1966, a few weeks before Sights was filmed. As he did with most of his Screen Test subjects, Warhol shot three rolls of film in one sitting. Aberg was modestly poised in a black turtleneck, seemingly anxious and uncomfortable throughout the filming.[4]

Aberg relocated to Dallas soon afterward, becoming a painter. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in Plano, Texas in 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
  2. ↑ "15 minutes of frame" - Afterimage
  3. ↑ Massachusetts Birth Index, 1860-1970
  4. ↑ Script of Withering Sights
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