His family said through a spokesman that the cause was cancer. Mr. Johnson had another distinction besides his art. A settlement was reached just before the case went to the jury, giving the children a share of the estate but leaving most of it to Mrs. Johnson. It was a work Mr. Johnson called “Double Check”: a seated businessman reviewing the contents of his briefcase. The sculpture was in Liberty Park near the World Trade Center when the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, left the area in ruins.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2020 20:26 UTC