Sad news about political cartoonist and "Kudzu" comic creator Doug Marlette. From the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger:
Editorial cartoonist Marlette dies in car crash
By Chris Joyner
Editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette won a Pulitzer prize in 1988 for his work.
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette was killed this morning in a single car accident near Holly Springs in north Mississippi, according to the South Reporter, a weekly newspaper in Holly Springs.
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Marlette, 57, was the editorial cartoonist for The Tulsa World. He previously had been the cartoonist for The Charlotte Observer, New York Newsday, The Tallahassee Democrat and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he won a Pulitzer in 1988. Cont'd.
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