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RK (Rasipuram Krishnaswamy) Laxman BIOGRAPHY
1921 Mysore, India - 2015 Pune, India. Known for: Newspaper comic strip artist, satire and caricature.
Following is The New York Times obituary of R.K. Laxman. "R. K. Laxman, Cartoonist Who Amused India for Decades, Dies at 93". By Haresh Pandya. January 29, 2015. R. K. Laxman, a fixture of Indian... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of R.K. Laxman. "R. K. Laxman, Cartoonist Who Amused India for Decades, Dies at 93". By Haresh Pandya. January 29, 2015. R. K. Laxman, a fixture of Indian society whose satirical comic strip featuring a character he called the Common Man appeared daily on... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of R.K. Laxman. "R. K. Laxman, Cartoonist Who Amused India for Decades, Dies at 93". By Haresh Pandya. January 29, 2015. R. K. Laxman, a fixture of Indian society whose satirical comic strip featuring a character he called the Common Man appeared daily on the front page of The Times of India for more than five decades, died on Monday in the western Indian city of Pune. He was 93. His death was confirmed by his son, Srinivas. The Common Man was the star... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of R.K. Laxman. "R. K. Laxman, Cartoonist Who Amused India for Decades, Dies at 93". By Haresh Pandya. January 29, 2015. R. K. Laxman, a fixture of Indian society whose satirical comic strip featuring a character he called the Common Man appeared daily on the front page of The Times of India for more than five decades, died on Monday in the western Indian city of Pune. He was 93. His death was confirmed by his son, Srinivas. The Common Man was the star of You Said It, which Mr. Laxman created in 1951. Wearing a dhoti and a checkered coat, with a bushy mustache, a few wisps of hair, a bulbous nose on which perched a pair of glasses, and thick eyebrows that were permanently raised, the Common Man... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of R.K. Laxman. "R. K. Laxman, Cartoonist Who Amused India for Decades, Dies at 93". By Haresh Pandya. January 29, 2015. R. K. Laxman, a fixture of Indian society whose satirical comic strip featuring a character he called the Common Man appeared daily on the front page of The Times of India for more than five decades, died on Monday in the western Indian city of Pune. He was 93. His death was confirmed by his son, Srinivas. The Common Man was the star of You Said It, which Mr. Laxman created in 1951. Wearing a dhoti and a checkered coat, with a bushy mustache, a few wisps of hair, a bulbous nose on which perched a pair of glasses, and thick eyebrows that were permanently raised, the Common Man observed the contradictions, ironies and paradoxes of the world around him with a bewildered l... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of R.K. Laxman.
"R. K. Laxman, Cartoonist Who Amused India for Decades, Dies at 93"
By Haresh Pandya
January 29, 2015
R. K. Laxman, a fixture of Indian society whose satirical comic strip featuring a character he called the Common Man appeared daily on the front page of The Times of India for more than five decades, died on Monday in the western Indian city of Pune. He was 93.
His death was confirmed by his son, Srinivas.
The Common Man was the star of You Said It, which Mr. Laxman created in 1951. Wearing a dhoti and a checkered coat, with a bushy mustache, a few wisps of hair, a bulbous nose on which perched a pair of glasses, and thic...But wait, there's more...
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