In the New York Times Magazine annual wrap-up of the previous year’s deceased, “The Lives They Lived,” a novel approach was taken for Neil Armstrong who died August 25, 2012. In place of a text-based tribute, they elected to simply display this drawing by artist Tom Sachs. So much has already been written about Armstrong that this is perhaps fitting. In the end, Armstrong may be better remembered for this type of iconic image than for any of his biographical particulars.
