BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Frank Gehry, known as one of the greatest architects in the world, passed away at the age of 96 on Friday.

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“He threw a pen around on a paper and just created rough stick ideas and then brought it to life,” Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art board member Jeffrey H. O’Keefe said.

Frank Gehry’s passion for modern art pushed him to redefine architecture, producing iconic, memorable sculptures that have earned him global fame.

“People who are unfamiliar with architecture don’t really realize the reach that he has and all of the tremendous facilities that he has built worldwide,” O’Keefe said.

His ideas brought him to Biloxi with George Ohr, where he helped design the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

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