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acclaimed Mexican American artist who lost his dominant right hand in Vietnam but re-learned to paint with his left, died Feb. 13, 2023, in his home city of San Antonio, Texas. He was 76. Born in Mexico in 1946, he moved with his family when he was four years old to San Antonio and displayed talent as a painter. He won a scholarship to study art in New York,

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