Stan Lynde - Artist Info

About Stan Lynde

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Myron Stanford Lynde
  • Biography

    Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist.

    Stan Lynde, Creator of 'Rick O'Shay' Comic Strip, Dies at 81

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Published: August 7, 2013
    Eliza Wiley/The Independent Record, via Associated Press

    HELENA, Mont. — Stan Lynde, creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip Rick O'Shay, which ran for 20 years and had an average daily readership of 15 million, died here Tuesday. He was 81.

    The cause of death was cancer.

    Mr. Lynde, who was raised on a cattle and sheep ranch on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, drew on his background and his affinity for western humor to create "Rick O'Shay." Set in the town of Conniption, it featured, in addition to t...

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