About Larry Wright
Lived 1940 – 2017 (aged 77). Larry Wright was an American editorial cartoonist and comics artist.
Larry Wright (February 2, 1940 - May 21, 2017) was an American cartoonist, known for his conservative editorial cartoons published in The Detroit News from 1976 to 2009.
He received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1980 and 1984. He was also the author of the comic strips Wright Angles and Kit 'N' Carlyle. The latter, about a woman named Kit who owns a cat named Carlyle, was introduced in 1980.
Wright died on May 21, 2017, at the age of 77.
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Who was Larry Wright?
American cartoonist
When was Larry Wright born?
Larry Wright was born on 2 February 1940 in United States.
When did Larry Wright die?
Larry Wright died on 21 May 2017 in Michigan.
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Larry Wright was an editorial cartoonist and comics artist.
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Larry Wright was American.
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· DBpedia: Larry Wright (cartoonist)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Larry Wright. https://biography.guide/larry-wright-editorial-cartoonist/
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