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Married Cheryl Tiegs at the Montauk Presbyterian Church in Montauk, New York. An image of the couple on their wedding day appears in the book "The Photographs of Ron Galella, 1965-1989", by Ron Galella.

Romantically linked to Lee Radziwill, the sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, in the 1970s.

Famous for his photographs of endangered African elephants, but also of celebrities such as Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Imam.

Heir to American tobacco and railroad fortunes.

Was friends with actor William Holden.

Got to know Karen Blixen, whose novel "Out of Africa" was an important inspiration, in Denmark.

He suffered from dementia and had been missing from his cliffside Montauk compound since March 31, 2020. Beard's disappearance sparked a massive search, with dozens of members of law enforcement and K-9 units going door to door and helicopters and drones scanning the coastline. His his remains were found not far from his Long Island property in a densely wooded area of Camp Hero State Park on April 19, 2020.

Attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he studied under noted color theorist Joseph Albers at from 1957-1961.