Lajuana Lampkins, Beloved Wicker Park Street Artist, Dies At 67

Lajuana Lampkins, Beloved Wicker Park Street Artist, Dies At 67

WICKER PARK — Lajuana Lampkins, a self-taught artist who spent decades in prison for a murder she said she did not commit before becoming well known for selling paintings on the streets of Wicker Park, died in late February. She was 67. Her cause of death was heart failure due to hypertension following several falls earlier this year, family members said. A lifelong poet, Lampkins began painting while serving 30 years in prison for a murder she …