# Rumor--Cartoonist Richard Sala Dead

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 10, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-cartoonist-richard-sala-dead/853534 "2020-05-10T13:37:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-cartoonist-richard-sala-dead/853534/1 "2020-05-10T13:37:56Z")

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Active rumor that cartoonist Richard Sala, creator of "Hypnotic Tales, & other fun/spooky fare, & best heir to Charles Addams that I’ve read, may be dead.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-cartoonist-richard-sala-dead/853534/2 "2020-05-10T13:42:19Z")

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> **[Acclaimed Cartoonist Richard Sala Passes Away at 61](https://www.cbr.com/cartoonist-richard-sala-passes-away/)**
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> Richard Sala, known for his surrealist horror and mystery comics such as Night Drive and The Chuckling Whatsit, has died at age 61.

This took me a few seconds to find with a search. It looks like he really passed.