Article 6ANTD Al Jaffee, legendary Mad magazine cartoonist, dies aged 102

Al Jaffee, legendary Mad magazine cartoonist, dies aged 102

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Sian Cain
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The artist behind the magazine's famous fold-in" drawing, Jaffee was Mad's longest-tenured contributor and only retired when he was 99

Al Jaffee, the pioneering Mad magazine cartoonist and inventor of the fold-in" who worked for the publication for seven decades and retired when he was 99 years old, has died at the age of 102.

Jaffee died on Monday in a Manhattan hospital of multi-system organ failure, his granddaughter told the New York Times.

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