Rotten Rita

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Rotten Rita (real name Kenneth Rapp, a.k.a. "The Mayor,") was an influential denizen of Andy Warhol's Factory. As an opera aficionado and an amphetamine dealer (and user), he touched the lives of many members of Warhol's artist collective.

Rapp's death inspired Lou Reed (another famous Factory denizen) to compose his 1992 album Magic and Loss.