The retailers watching pink flamingos fly off their shelves were happy to see the plastic lookalikes trending with consumers. But they weren't sure why it was happening back in 1985.

Perhaps second only to the gnome, the plastic pink flamingo might be the best-known lawn ornament in the nation. The creator of what the Associated Press calls “the ultimate symbol of American ...

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Don Featherstone was a classically trained painter, a talented sculptor and artist who became famous for creating the pink plastic lawn flamingo – the ultimate piece of American suburban kitsch.

Don Featherstone, creator of the original plastic pink flamingo, is surrounded by a pile of them in this 1998 photo. He died Monday. Amy Sancetta / The Associated Press ...

Don Featherstone, the guy who invented the plastic pink flamingo for the front lawn has died. Created by a trained sculptor, the lawn ornaments may be the most popular useless item ever created.

Police are investigating after a plastic pink flamingo was stolen and vandalized Saturday morning. The flamingo was located at the Parma sign near the splash pad on W. Ridgewood Dr., according to ...

When her father's friends visit after his death, each brings a plastic pink flamingo, and the girl and her mother eventually sprinkle his ashes around them.

Real pink flamingos, not the cheesy plastic ones in the front yard, return to South Florida via hurricane after winds catch them between Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula ...