The fashion for the installation of monuments during life mainly touched the stars of show business and actors. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bob Marley - an incomplete list of those whose merits in the development of culture were appreciated during their lifetime.
Iron Arnie and Rocky Balboa
A bronze 6-meter copy of Arnold Schwarzenegger was installed in Austria. The monument is based on sketches by artist Ralph Crawford, which were created back in 1979. This is not the only pedestal in honor of Iron Arnie, a more modest copy of the muscular young terminator is only 2.5 meters high and weighs 260 kg.
Sylvester Stallone ordered his own statue to the sculptor A. Thomas Schomberg. Since 1982, a bronze copy of Rocky Balboa has adorned the steps of the Museum of Art in Philadelphia and is rightfully ranked among the city's landmarks.
Woody Allen and Henry Winkler
Residents of the Spanish town of Oviedo presented Woody Allen with his bronze monument. The legendary director himself was surprised by the gift and still considers it "the secret of Western civilization." Two years after the gift, Kaliningrad asked for Woody Allen's permission to erect another monument.
In Milwaukee, a statue was erected in 2008 in honor of actor Henry Winkler. He earned such popularity thanks to his hero in the series "Happy Days". The sculptor Gerald Sawyer, while creating the masterpiece, engraved the name of the actor and his wife on the arm of the statue, which involuntarily gives rise to an analogy with David in Italy.
Ambiguous Bob Marley
Serious collisions took place with the monument to Bob Marley. Even before the installation, the creation of the sculptor Christopher Gonzalez caused the outrage of relatives and fans of the star. The thing is that on the monument the reggae star symbolically appeared from the roots of the tree. The opening of the monument ended with the throwing of a 2, 7-meter statue with fruit. As a result, the bronze Marley was moved from the capital of Jamaica, Kingston, to the city of Ocho Rios, and was replaced by a statue from Alvin Mariott.
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Andy Griffith, the irreplaceable host and author of the idea for The Andy Griffith Show, also opened his own statue. On the monument, the actor is portrayed as Sheriff Andy Taylor. All expenses for the installation of the monument were covered by TV Land. You can pay tribute to the legendary comedian in Raleigh, North Carolina. A copy of the monument is also in the neighboring town of Mount Airy.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show began with Mary Richards throwing her hat in the air and the camera freezing at her smile. TV Land decided to capture this moment and ordered a 2.5-meter statue of Moore. The authorship of the monument belongs to the sculptor Gwendoline Gillen. And the monument itself is located in the homeland of the fictional Mary Richards - in Minneapolis.
