[1] Illustrations for Playboy, National Lampoon, Glass Eye, and DreamWorks are also among his claims to fame.
[1] Neon met his second wife, filmmaker and painter Chick Strand,[1] during the early sixties Berkeley scene.
They were collaborators in art and life for over 30 years, dividing their time between Los Angeles and San Miguel de Allende, a small town in Mexico, an influence seen in his later works.
After many tests and operations, he was diagnosed in 1992 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
ALS is a degenerative disease with no treatment available, and doctors estimated a two-year survival time.