Will Elder, 86, one of the original Mad magazine cartoonist-illustrators who later co-created the long-running "Little Annie Fanny" cartoon strip in Playboy magazine, died of Parkinson's disease Thursday in Rockleigh, N.J.
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May 17, 2008 at 2:27AM
"His artistic ability was unparalleled, but it was the sense of humor that he brought to it that really set him apart," Hugh Hefner said Friday.
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He effectively lobbied some of Minnesota’s wealthiest citizens to contribute to his projects: “You were just compelled to step up and do whatever Joe wanted to do.”
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