John Warhola, Brother of Andy Warhol, Dies at 85

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Even though they were brothers just three years apart, John Warhola and famed artist Andy Warhol had more of a father-son relationship, Warhola's son said.

Just before patriarch Andrij Warhola died in 1942, he made sure John Warhola stepped in as the head of the household and shepherded his brother's future.

"My father, unselfishly, said, 'I'll do it. I'll do whatever it takes,' " Donald Warhola, John's son, said Saturday.

John Warhola, 85, of New Sewickley, Beaver County, died Friday in Allegheny General Hospital after battling pneumonia.

Andy Warhol shot to international fame with his pop art and filmmaking in the 1960s and 1970s. He died at 58 in …