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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 17, 2017 7:17:23 GMT -5
I don't mean to be morbid but I read in another thread that Jack Kole died young from Suicide. I was wondering how many Comic book creators died young while they were still working or otherwise.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Mar 17, 2017 7:29:06 GMT -5
Joe Maneely and Gene Day were just 32 and 31 respectively when they were struck down in their prime. Joe's death was accidental, a fall from a train; Gene had a heart attack while crossing a street. Just tragic.  |
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Post by kirby101 on Mar 17, 2017 8:00:35 GMT -5
What age do we consider early? I know of a few who died in their 50s, Bill Everett, Wally Wood, Dave Stevens, Marshall Rodgers, Don Newton.
Others who were definitely young, Michael Turner and Mike Wieringo,
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 17, 2017 8:25:27 GMT -5
Marshall Rogers, 57. Presumably a heart attack; found by his son.
Alex Raymond, 46. Driving fellow artist Stan Drake's Corvette convertible. Speeding, rainy weather. Drake thrown free. Raymond killed when car hits a tree.
Dwayne McDuffie, the day after he turned 49. Complications from heart surgery.
Darwyn Cooke, 53. Cancer.
Steve Dillon, 54. Ruptured appendix.
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Post by shaxper on Mar 17, 2017 8:28:29 GMT -5
Hugo Pratt
Don Newton
Bill Finger
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 17, 2017 8:32:00 GMT -5
Life expectancy in the US is 81 for women and 76 for men. But the the purpose of this thread "young" is below 70.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 17, 2017 8:33:50 GMT -5
Mike Sekowsky died at 65 from complications from diabetes.
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 17, 2017 8:43:58 GMT -5
Life expectancy in the US is 81 for women and 76 for men. But the the purpose of this thread "young" is below 70. Then add Dave Cockrum, two weeks past his 63rd birthday, also due to diabetes. And where do we put the agonizingly tragic story of Bill Mantlo? www.lifehealthpro.com/2011/11/07/tragic-tale |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 17, 2017 8:44:35 GMT -5
Stephen Hughes, long time Lady Death artist, died in 2000. And I'm fairly certain he was only in his 40's.
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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 17, 2017 8:55:15 GMT -5
I'm not sure exactly how old he was, but I believe Crime Does Not Pay artist and editor Bob Wood was in his 40's or possibly early 50's when he was murdered by the mob.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 17, 2017 8:57:30 GMT -5
I'm not sure exactly how old he was, but I believe Crime Does Not Pay artist and editor Bob Wood was in his 40's or possibly early 50's when he was murdered by the mob. Are you serious ? |
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Post by MDG on Mar 17, 2017 9:03:35 GMT -5
I'm not sure exactly how old he was, but I believe Crime Does Not Pay artist and editor Bob Wood was in his 40's or possibly early 50's when he was murdered by the mob. Are you serious ? Dead serious. This was after he beat a woman to death in a hotel room. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 17, 2017 9:41:55 GMT -5
Vaughn Bode was 33 when he died from an auto-erotic asphyxiation stunt gone wrong.
Mike Parobeck was 30, when he died of diabetes-related illness.
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Post by MDG on Mar 17, 2017 10:10:31 GMT -5
Vaughn Bode was 33 when he died from an auto-erotic asphyxiation stunt gone wrong. I saw what was probably one of his last "Cartoon Concerts." Glad I got that opportunity. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 10:48:15 GMT -5
Dead serious. This was after he beat a woman to death in a hotel room. Wow. |
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