and oil painting. His painting of a bald eagle with a yellow ribbon in its beak was presented to President Ronald Reagan shortly after the Iran Hostage crisis ended. He lost track of the painting years afterward and assumed it remained in the White House collection or in Reagan's family or the presidential library. Long also painted actress Farrah Fawcett, and wrote about her following her death in June 2009. He continued to write a column for the newspaper until his health deteriorated earlier this year.
from The Valley News: Carl Long, Anza community icon, dies
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