US sculptor Richard Serra dies. According to US media reports, Serra died in the US state of New York due to pneumonia.
Most of Serra's works, many of them based on models made in Germany, are large and weigh several tons. He has created sculptures for more than 100 public places, from Philadelphia and St. Louis to São Paulo to Bochum and Kassel. However, he withdrew his design for the Holocaust memorial in Berlin amidst a dispute. The basic idea with a sea of steles came from him. But when his design was changed he withdrew it “for private and artistic reasons”