# In memoriam, Al Hirschfeld

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-al-hirschfeld/149866>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 20, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-al-hirschfeld/149866 "2003-01-20T21:23:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-al-hirschfeld/149866/1 "2003-01-20T21:23:33Z")

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The great NY Times illustrator, famed for his elegant line drawings of entertainment personalities, has died at the age of 99. He was still drawing at least up to last year.

For the obituary, click [here](http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/20/obituaries/20cnd-hirsch.html) (note that the NY Times requires a free registration first).

For more on this wonderful artist, click [here](http://www.alhirschfeld.com/) for his website (which at this writing has not been updated to note his death).

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**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-al-hirschfeld/149866/2 "2003-01-20T21:30:08Z")

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Argh! I missed the other [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157700) completely. Would a mod kindly kill this one?

Thank you, and sorry for the trouble.