Mourners gathered at the Charging Bull sculpture in Lower Manhattan on Saturday to pay their respects to its creator following his death. Artist Arturo Di Modica died in his hometown of Vittoria, Sicily, on Friday, friends said. He was 80 years old. On Saturday, flowers were draped over the bronze sculpture, which has been a fixture for Wall Street tourists since it was installed on Broadway in 1989. “Riposa in pace maestro,” read a yellow ribbon wrapped around the flower arrangement, Italian for “Rest in peace master.” Phillip Quartucci, a New York Stock Exchange trader, was admiring the sculpture on Saturday — and ... (full story)