Editing Paul Morrissey (section)

==Personal life and death==
''[[Bright Lights Film Journal]]'' once called Morrissey a "contradiction": a Warhol collaborator who was a "straight right-wing Catholic [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]".<ref>{{cite news|url = https://brightlightsfilm.com/how-stupid-the-whole-world-is-an-interview-with-paul-morrissey/|title = "How Stupid the Whole World Is!" An interview with Paul Morrissey|last = Weisberg|first = Sam|date = February 22, 2020|accessdate = October 30, 2024|work = [[Bright Lights Film Journal]]}}</ref> When film critic [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] asked Morrissey in a 1975 interview why he portrayed drug addicts and street hustlers with such sympathy despite his conservatism, Morrissey responded: "A human being is a sympathetic entity. No matter how terrible a person might be, someone with an artist's point of view will try to render his individuality without condescension or contempt. That's the natural function of a dramatist. The movies I've made have no connection to my personal beliefs".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conversation with Paul Morrissey (Part I) {{!}} Jonathan Rosenbaum |url=https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/12/conversation-with-paul-morrissey-part-i/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=jonathanrosenbaum.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/12/conversation-with-paul-morrissey-part-ii/ | title=Conversation with Paul Morrissey (Part II) &#124; Jonathan Rosenbaum }}</ref>

Morrissey died from pneumonia at [[Lenox Hill Hospital]] in Manhattan, on October 28, 2024, at the age of 86.<ref name = Vlessing/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.artforum.com/news/paul-morrissey-dies-19382024-1234721028/ | title=Paul Morrissey (1938–2024)| date=October 30, 2024}}</ref>