";s:4:"text";s:6655:" He left a son and two daughters. "On Christmas Day 2009 Robbo reclaimed his piece from Banksy's defacing by covering the work so the workman appeared to be painting "KING ROBBO" in silver letters. He died July 31, 2014. In March, he was taken to the Gardens and Jacobs Neuro Centres in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, where he died on 31 July. John Robertson, a founding father of London’s street art scene in the Eighties, died of pneumonia in hospital in July, aged 44, three years after the fall which left him in a coma. After suffering an unexplained head trauma in 2011, allegedly after falling down a set of stairs, the pioneer of British graffiti entered a comatose state until he gave in on July 31, 2014. He went to the 1985 legendary Robbo’s graffiti in Camden and painted over it, making it look as if a worker was pasting wallpaper over it. It gave him refreshed enthusiasm for his own artwork...[he] will be remembered as part of the ongoing history of modern graffiti. King Robbo passed away at the age of 44. King Robbo (born John Robertson, 23 October 1969 – 31 July 2014) was an English underground graffiti artist. He was loved and remembered by all. King Robbo - Death of the British artist and Banksy's rival is still a mystery. However, it was not until Robbo told the ‘anecdote’ in a book in 2009 that Banksy opposed it. His moniker was a beacon for young writers familiar with his work, and he did achieve international acclaim, winning commissions and exhibitions. He left a son and two daughters. The cause of death is unknown yet. Three days later the letters "FUC" appeared before the word "KING".This incident led to online arguments and a graffiti war with many of Banksy's other works being altered by "Team Robbo" - notable ones including the piece In 2014 LDNGraffiti published an illustrated timeline of the feud.In 2015 Banksy included a piece dedicated to Robbo in the On 2 April 2011 King Robbo sustained a life-threatening head injury 5 days prior to his exhibition at the Signal Gallery, Robbo never emerged from the coma, and died on 31 July 2014, aged 44. When I was introduced to Banksy, I went 'Oh yeah I've heard of you mate, how you doing?' He was a legend, one of the first train writers, one who aided the movement spread across the island, one who had enough integrity to lead the war against Banksy, openly disputing his street rights.The dispute ended sometime after Robbo was found seriously injured in a London. King Robbo was found lying in a pool of blood outside his flat in King's Cross and died of pneumonia caused by a traumatic brain injury. With King Robbo about to enter the art gallery world in 2011 with Team Robbo – The Sell Out Tour at Signal Gallery, the legendary graffiti artist suffered a head injury which saw him slip into a coma from which he never recovered. Joe Epstein, the producer of LDNGraffiti, said King Robbo was "London's graffiti trailblazer". Robbo was found in a pool of blood at the bottom of 10 stairs outside his flat in King's Cross. Robbo painted his first train in 1985 and the ‘Merry Christmas’ train of 1988, a joint piece created with "Drax WD", receiving national coverage on In 1985 15 year old King Robbo painted a graffiti work under the "I was at a place called the Dragon Bar on Old Street. He is dearly missed by his family, friends and crew," he said. As his style evolved, and the lettering became more elaborate, often embellished with additional imagery or skillfully executed in a kaleidoscopic palette, King Robbo climbed to the throne of street art in the UK in the late 80s and the early 90s. I was introduced to a couple of guys who were like 'whoa it's nice to meet you!'. Never allowing the fame to alter him, Robbo retired from the world of graffiti at his peak. Banksy paid tribute to Robbo in light of the artist's death. and he went 'well I've never heard of you'...he dismissed me as a nobody, as nothing. Mr Robertson's work was exhibited in galleries and he received several high value international commissions, but became better known for a public feud with his rival Banksy, whose works sell for millions of pounds worldwide. But following the news of King Robbo's death, Banksy paid tribute to him on his website, listing the names of the graffiti crews he was a part of: "Robbo WRH WD PFB - RIP". you won't forget me now will you?' Until it was painted over by none other than - Outside of the graffiti world, Robbo was not as widely recognized.
and with that he picked up his glasses and ran off.