Ralph Dunagin
Ralph Dunagin | |
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Born | June 19, 1937 |
Died | June 24, 2020 (aged 83) |
Occupation | Cartoonist |
Ralph Dunagin (June 19, 1937 – June 24, 2020) was an American cartoonist for the Orlando Evening Star and the Orlando Sentinel from 1961 to 2001. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice.[1][2]
A native of Mississippi, served in the United States Marines. He spent about 40 years as the art director and editorial cartoonist for the Orlando Sentinel as well as an editorial board member. He also created the comic strips and Grin and Bear It. He and Dana Summers, another Sentinel cartoonist who worked with him for 30 years, worked together on the comic strip The Middletons. Dunagin was called a "southern gentleman" and his obituary called has work "witty, relatable drawings." He had Parkinson's disease and vascular dementia when he died at 83 in 2020 in Houma, Louisiana.[3]
References[]
- ^ Degg, D. D. (June 24, 2020). "Ralph Dunagin--RIP". The Daily Cartoonist. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "Search Results Web results Orlando Sentinel cartoonist Ralph Dunagin dies at 83". Orlando Sentinel. June 24, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ Cassidy, Dana (June 24, 2020). "Ralph Dunagin, editorial cartoonist and two-time Pulitzer finalist, dies at 83". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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