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== In popular culture == [[File:EisenhowerRockyJoe.jpg|thumb| DiMaggio with President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and [[Rocky Marciano]] in 1953]] [[File:President Ronald Reagan shaking hands with Joe DiMaggio.jpg|thumb|right|President [[Ronald Reagan]] and DiMaggio at the White House, March 27, 1981]] [[File:President George H. W. Bush and Joe DiMaggio.jpg|thumb|right|DiMaggio with [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1991]] [[File:Joe DiMaggio 1950.png|thumb|DiMaggio in 1950]] An American icon, DiMaggio's popularity during his career was such that he was referenced in film, television, literature, art, and music both during his career and decades after he retired. <!-- PLEASE NOTE: Only those with Wikipedia articles are cited. --> === Art === * [[Pierre Bellocq]]: ''Canvas of Stars'' [[mural]] for [[Gallagher's Steak House]] (2006)<ref>[http://www.dogwoodstable.com/canvas-stars.shtml "Canvas of Stars β Peb's New Mural" ''dogwoodstable.com''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710143545/http://www.dogwoodstable.com/canvas-stars.shtml |date=July 10, 2011 }} May 28, 2010.</ref> * [[Robert Casilla (artist)|Robert Casilla]]: ''The Continuity of Greatness''<ref>[http://robertcasillafineart.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=13840&page=LimitedEditions "Portfolio of Works" ''Robert Casilla Fine Art''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826071543/http://robertcasillafineart.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=13840&page=LimitedEditions |date=August 26, 2011 }} April 6, 2011.</ref> *[[Zenos Frudakis]]: bronze sculpture of DiMaggio for the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital<ref>[http://zenosfrudakis.com/sculptures/portrait/JoeDiMaggio.html "Sculptures: Joe DiMaggio" ''zenosfrudakis.com''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718152605/http://zenosfrudakis.com/sculptures/portrait/JoeDiMaggio.html |date=July 18, 2011 }} May 28, 2010.</ref> *[[Red Grooms]]: ''Joltin' Joe Takes a Swing'' installation (1985β1988)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/04/nyregion/art-sculptors-a-giant-and-company.html | title=Sculptors: A Giant and Company | first=Fred B. | last=Adelson | date=June 4, 2000 | work=The New York Times | access-date=February 14, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908210026/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/04/nyregion/art-sculptors-a-giant-and-company.html?pagewanted=1 | archive-date=September 8, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> === Literature === *"The Ex-Athlete" is based on him in [[Joyce Carol Oates]]'s 2000 novel ''[[Blonde (novel)|Blonde]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/apr/09/fiction.reviews1|title=Blind leading the blonde|first=Cressida|last=Connnolly|work=The Guardian|date=April 9, 2000|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> * In [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s 1952 novel, ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'', Santiago is a fan of DiMaggio.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joltin' Joe Has Gone Away|author=Barnes, Bart|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/baseball/daily/march99/09/dimag9.htm|date=March 8, 1999|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref> === Music === *[[Simon & Garfunkel]]: "[[Mrs. Robinson]]" (Paul Simon performed the song on Joe DiMaggio Day in Yankee Stadium, a month after DiMaggio died.)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/baseball/dimaggio-simon-oped.html | first=Paul | last=Simon | author-link=Paul Simon | date=March 9, 1999 | work=The New York Times | title=The Silent Superstar | access-date=February 9, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215141842/http://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/baseball/dimaggio-simon-oped.html | archive-date=February 15, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Billy Joel]]: "[[We Didn't Start the Fire]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-09-26/billy-joel-we-didnt-start-the-fire-30th-anniversary|title=Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire': Where are they now?|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Marvar|first=Alexandra|date=September 26, 2019|access-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref> === Movies === * ''[[Blonde (2022 film)|Blonde]]'', played by [[Bobby Cannavale]]<ref>{{cite web |title='Blonde': 10 of the Marilyn Monroe Biopic's Stars and Their Real-Life Inspirations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/marilyn-monroe-blonde-characters-casting/john-f-kennedy-portrayed-by-caspar-phillipson/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=6 August 2023 |date=28 September 2022}}</ref> === Theatre === *''[[Bronx Bombers (play)|Bronx Bombers]]'' (2013) by [[Eric Simonson]]: DiMaggio is a character<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/182122-THE-WEEK-AHEAD-Sept-14-20-Romeo-and-Juliet-Opens-Forever-Tango-Dances-Away-and-Reeve-Carney-Departs-Spider-Man "The Week Ahead" ''Playbill''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921161656/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/182122-THE-WEEK-AHEAD-Sept-14-20-Romeo-and-Juliet-Opens-Forever-Tango-Dances-Away-and-Reeve-Carney-Departs-Spider-Man |date=September 21, 2013 }}. 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