".... A few years before his death gave rise to serious health problems: Parkinson's disease, depression and nervous exhaustion.
After his wife died he spent most of his time in an ancient castle in Pabole, north of Barcelona. In August 1984, due to short circuit in the call to call the servants began to burn his bedding.
Weakened, with severe burns Salvador Dali moved into the lodge's own museum.
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Unfortunately, fully recover from a severe illness elderly artist and failed, he was confined to a wheelchair and eating through a straw. Hands, who created dozens of artistic masterpieces of XX century, more was not listening.
Career Dali came to a complete standstill. The secretaries and agents extorted money from him as we could, sold his copyright, the rights to reproduction throughout the world. Most of the income settled in their deep pockets.
Due to the unfortunate habit of the artist all the time to sign blank sheets of paper - and sometimes they were signed by Dali and 1800 pieces per hour - around every now and then appeared fake lithographs. Not surprisingly, soon began scandals because of the numerous imitations of the wizard.
Dali, of course, it became known that lightly he had signed sheets of paper turned into a "fake Dali. By some estimates, these fakes have been sold to hundreds of millions of dollars. But Dali this scandal has left untouched. "People are so worried about would be if I was a mediocre artist, he snorted. - All the great artists forged "...."
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