David Yurkew

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David Allen Yurkew (left) at the Tattoo Convention in Blackpool , 1979 (right Horst Klassenbach )

David Allen Yurkew ( August 6, 1943 - May 25, 2007 ) was an American tattoo artist and first president of the North American Tattoo Club .

Life

David Yurkew opened a tattoo parlor in Minneapolis in 1976 . After attending the first official Tattoo Convention from 24. – 25. January 1976 in Houston , which Yurkew organized together with Lyle Tuttle , some tattooists had united to form the North American Tattoo Club, they elected Yurkew as their first president. In the following years, Yurkew himself organized tattoo conventions, such as the 20th anniversary convention in 1996 with Lyle Tuttle in Houston. In addition to being a leader in the tattoo industry, Yurkew also worked as a volunteer firefighter in Blaine and Texas where he was a captain .

family

David Allen Yurkew, son of Anthony Yurkew (1922-2008), was married to Nicky L. Yurkew (1953-2009). Yurkew had three brothers; two of his brothers died in motorcycle accidents, the other brother was killed in a car accident. His only daughter Ramona Marie (1962-1982) was strangled by her boyfriend Craig Bjork. Bjork, aka Craig Dennis Jackson, was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences in 1982 for the strangling death of his 19-year-old girlfriend, two young sons Joseph and Jason, and Gwendolyn Johnson, 22. All four bodies were found stuffed under the bed in his Minneapolis apartment .

"It was like taking off the lid of hell, looking inside and putting it back on"

- Kevin Burke

David Yurkew died in 2007 at the age of 63, his wife two years later, she was only 56 years old.

literature

  • Margo De Mello : Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community. Duke University Press Books 2000, ISBN 0-8223-2467-9 ( books.google.de ).
  • Karal Ann Marling Blue Ribbon: A Social and Pictorial History of the Minnesota State Fair. Minnesota Historical Society Press 1990, ISBN 0-87351-252-9 , p. 159 ( books.google.de ).
  • Adele Marie Barker: Consuming Russia: Popular Culture, Sex, and Society Since Gorbachev. Duke University Press 1999, ISBN 0-8223-2313-3 , pp. 354-355.

Web links

Commons : David Yurkew  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mary Jane Smetanka: Tattoo pioneer David Yurkew did many roses. In: startribune.com. May 31, 2007, accessed September 7, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Margo DeMello: Inked: Tattoos and Body Art around the World. ABC-CLIO 2014, ISBN 978-1-61069-075-1 , p. 138.
  3. ↑ Daily Titan No. 21 of October 14, 1976
  4. ↑ David Allen Yurkew startribune.com May 27, 2007.
  5. ↑ startribune.com: Obituary: Tattoo pioneer David Yurkew did many roses - Mary Jane Smetanka in Star Tribune on May 31, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ Mark Wilson: Homicidal Prisoner Fails to Derail Oregon Death Penalty Moratorium prisonlegalnews.org of October 26, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Yurkew, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yurkew, David Allan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tattoo artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1943
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2007
Place of death Minnesota