Bill Mauldin

William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (October 29, 1921–January 22, 2003) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the United States.

Return to cartooning

In 1958, he returned to cartooning on the editorial pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The following year, he won a second Pulitzer Prize. In 1962 he moved to the Chicago Sun-Times, where he stayed until his retirement in 1991. He died in 2003 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

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1958 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 1962 - Chicago Sun-Times - 1991 - 2003 - Alzheimer's disease

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One of his most famous post-war cartoons appeared in 1963, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The cartoon shows the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, his head in his hands, crying.

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1963 - Assassination - President - John F. Kennedy - Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln Memorial

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