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DIED. DON MARTIN, 68, Mad magazine cartoonist whose wild-haired, rubber-faced creations suffered miserable, grotesque, almost palpable fates (Splop! Shklip! Pwang!) and influenced scores of young cartoonists, including The Far Side's Gary Larson; in Miami...
...aphorisms ("Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it") and playful doggerel as easily as equations. Viewing the hoopla over him with humorous detachment, he variously referred to himself as the Jewish saint or artist's model. He was a cartoonist's dream come true...
...seems only appropriate that cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, 77 and recently diagnosed with colon cancer, should decide to retire Peanuts in winter. It's the setting of so many of the strips (the last daily one will appear Jan. 3) and the season that best captures his graceful art and playful yet melancholy spirit. Perhaps it's because the lyrical, jazz-inflected animated special A Charlie Brown Christmas remains Yuletide TV's high point after 34 years. Perhaps it's because the snowscapes of Schulz's youth in Minnesota, America's Scandinavia, were the most evocative setting...
...Simon J. DeDeo '00, of Mather House, always puts on striped boxers just in time for fire drills... Soman S. Chainani '01 [k]nows too much. He also thinks he's as cute as his brother... Brenna S. Haysom '00 did not win Kick the Can this weekend. Lampoon cartoonist Deirdre A. O'Dwyer '00 cannot remember who did. The two are planning a rematch... Assistant Professor of Government Keith J. Bybee is still smarting at his omission from FM's list of the hottest professors... Gurney Professor of English Literature Derek A. Pearsall has finished distributing copies of that...
AILING. CHARLES SCHULZ, 77, Peanuts cartoonist and creator of Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty and Snoopy; with colon cancer; in a hospital in Santa Rosa, Calif. Doctors discovered the cancer after operating last week to repair a blocked abdominal artery...