Mort Walker
American comic strip cartoonist (1923–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Addison Morton Walker (September 3, 1923 – January 27, 2018) was an American comic strip writer, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954. He signed Addison to some of his strips.
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Mort Walker | |
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Born | Addison Morton Walker (1923-09-03)September 3, 1923 El Dorado, Kansas, U.S. |
Died | January 27, 2018(2018-01-27) (aged 94) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
Pseudonym(s) | Addison |
Notable works | |
Awards | full list |
Spouse(s) | Jean Suffill
(m. 1949; div. 1985)Catherine Prentice (m. 1985) |
Children | 7 |
Signature | |
Military career | |
Service/ | U.S. Army |
Years of service | 1943–1947 |
Rank | First lieutenant |
Battles/wars | World War II |
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