Pulitzer-Winning Editorial Cartoonist Tony Auth Dies at 72
Source: Associated Press
@AP: Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Tony Auth has died of cancer at 72: http://t.co/2kzBifE1ww/s/RCwJ
PULITZER-WINNING CARTOONIST TONY AUTH DIES AT 72
Sep. 14, 2014 8:39 PM EDT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Tony Auth, whose sharp and creative commentary appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 40 years, died of cancer on Sunday. He was 72.
Auth had worked for the past two years as the artist-in-residence at NewsWorks/WHYY, which announced his death.
"Tony Auth was a great cartoonist, a fine journalist and an even better friend," said Chris Satullo, WHYY's vice president for news and civic engagement. Satullo previously served as the Inquirer's editorial page editor, where he also worked with Auth.
Family members told the Inquirer that Auth had been battling brain cancer and recently went into hospice care.
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n2doc
(47,953 posts)RIP. He was a good one.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,025 posts)brer cat
(24,618 posts)Botany
(70,592 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)He was one of the best.
BumRushDaShow
(129,569 posts)He was an absolute gem and his political single-pane cartoons nailed it time and time again.
Condolences to his family and R.I.P.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)From B.Kliban, if cartoonists were appreciated..
GoCubsGo
(32,095 posts)He was one of my favorites.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)TeamPooka
(24,259 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,476 posts)A great loss. RIP.
PCIntern
(25,595 posts)Tony was a brilliant fellow. He has been missed by the few of us left who read the Inquirer on a daily basis. Now he's gone. R.I.P.