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- Calvin Tomkins died at age 100 from complications of a stroke at his home in Middletown, Rhode Island.
- He joined The New Yorker in 1960 after a transformative interview with Marcel Duchamp in 1959.
- He chronicled the evolution of contemporary art and its key figures, including Jean Tinguely and Robert Rauschenberg.
- He published several books, including "Lives of the Artists," and was recognized for his contributions to art criticism.
