David X. Young

Painter, Photographer, Filmmaker. David Young was born in Eastham, Cape Cod on Feb. 15, 1930. He passed away from emphysema on May 22, 2001. A Fulbright Scholar to Haiti, he painted, filmed and studied its vodun culture for over three decades. In Manhattan he shared his loft (821 Sixth Avenue) in the flower district with LIFE photographer W.