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Beetle Bailey Cartoonist Mort Walker Dies at 94

January 29, 2018
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Beetle Bailey Cartoonist Mort Walker Dies at 94

Mort Walker, a prolific comic strip artist, advocate for comic history preservation, and the creator of world famous Beetle Bailey, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2018, from pneumonia at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. Walker lived to be 94 years old and can be credited with the creation of nine different syndicated comic strips, but…

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In Memoriam: Free Speech Lawyer Herald Price Fahringer

February 23, 2015
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In Memoriam: Free Speech Lawyer Herald Price Fahringer

Free speech lost a prime defender recently with the death of Herald Price Fahringer, the lawyer who over a more than 50-year career represented clients such as Larry Flynt and Screw magazine’s Al Goldstein. While abstaining from most vice himself, Fahringer was firmly committed to the principle that “freedom is only meaningful if it includes…

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Remembering Manga Researcher Timothy Perper

February 3, 2014
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Remembering Manga Researcher Timothy Perper

We are deeply saddened to hear that writer, manga researcher, and CBLDF supporter Timothy Perper passed away recently at age 74. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends and present his full obituary below, as written by Dr. Perper’s wife, Martha Cornog: Timothy Perper, 74, writer and independent researcher on courtship as…

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