The Andy Warhol Museum confirmed Morrisseys death in a statement shared onsocial media.

Most important, to both Morrissey and Warhol, were the personas and celebrities on the screen.

Morrissey broke with Warhol in 1974.

Film director Paul Morrissey, New York, New York, 1970. (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images)

Paul Morrissey in 1970.Jack Mitchell/Getty Images

He continued: It was silly.

The people doing it were ridiculous, and in my movies theyre likable and foolish and entertaining.