Leonard Garment was born on May 11, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was married to Suzanne Garment and Grace Garment. He died on July 13, 2013 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2005 for his services to
the arts.
He was instrumental in changing Richard Nixon's TV image for the 1968 presidential elections. he collaborated on that with Harry W. Treleaven Jr.. who created the slogan Nixon's the One!. Tv executive Frank Shakespeare and Roger Ales later of Fox News.