Fakir Musafar

Fakir Musafar
Born	Roland Loomis (1930-08-10)August 10, 1930 Aberdeen, South Dakota
Died	August 1, 2018(2018-08-01) (aged 87) Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Spouse	Cléo Dubois
Website	www.Fakir.org

Roland Loomis (August 10, 1930 – August 1, 2018), known professionally as Fakir Musafar, was an American performance artist and early artist of the modern primitive movement.^[1] He worked with and taught body modification techniques such as body piercing, tightlacing, scarification, tattooing, and flesh hook suspension.

In May 2018, Musafar announced on his website that he was suffering from terminal lung cancer.^[2] He died from the disease on August 1, 2018 in Menlo Park, California, aged 87.^[3]

1. ↑ Wilson, Stephen (28 February 2003). Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology. ISBN 9780262731584.
2. ↑ "Farewell from Fakir". www.fakir.org.
3. ↑ "R.I.P. Fakir Musafar". Infinite Body Piercing, Inc.