- When The Beatles first visited the United States, they called him "Mr. Life Magazine" so they invited him to their hotel room and rehearsals.
- As a staff photographer for Life Magazine, he covered a wide variety of stories, from revolutions in Latin America to the Beatles' arrival in the US. He also worked for other magazines, including Time and Sports Illustrated.
- His 1965 photo essay about a drug-addicted couple inspired the film The Panic in Needle Park (1971).
- After Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, he quit photographing politicians. He did, however, hang out a window to photograph the crowds that lined the railroad tracks as the senator's funeral train went by.
- His father was a chemical engineer.
- He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His family moved to the US when he was young.
- He was a photojournalist. best known for his photos of the aftermath of Robert Kennedy's assassination in 1968.
- Married 16 years at the time of his death.
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