Dillon, Leo (Personal Name)
- Dillon, Lionel John, Jr., 1933-2012
Haugaard, E. C. The rider and his horse, 1968.
Biog. resource center (Major authors and illustrators for children and young adults), Feb. 6, 2008 (Leo Dillon; b. Mar. 2, 1933, Brooklyn, N.Y.; artist and illustrator)
New York times WWW site, May 31, 2012 (in obituary published May 30: Leo Dillon; b. Lionel John Dillon, Jr., Mar. 2, 1933, East New York, Brooklyn; d. Saturday [May 26, 2012], Brooklyn, aged 79; with his wife and longtime collaborator, Diane, he was one of the world's pre-eminent illustrators for young people, producing artwork--praised for its vibrancy, ecumenicalism, and sheer sumptuous beauty--that was a seamless amalgam of both their hands)