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Bil Keane

American comic strip cartoonist (1922-2011) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89

William Aloysius Keane was an American cartoonist best known for the newspaper comic strip The Family Circus. He began it in 1960 and his son Jeff Keane continues to produce it.

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Awards

Reuben Award1982
Inkpot Award1981

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2011 · aged 89

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