What is Tony Auth?
'''William Anthony Auth Jr.''' (May 7, 1942 – September 14, 2014), better known as '''Tony Auth''', was an [[Americans|American]] cartoonist. He was best known for serving as an editorial cartoonist for ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' from 1971 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/03/07/cartoonist-tony-auth-leaving-philadelphia-inquirer/|title=Cartoonist Tony Auth leaving Philadelphia Inquirer|publisher=Philadelphia.cbslocal.com|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref> His other work includes the comic strip ''Full Disclosure'', which he worked on in 1982 and 1983, and ''[[Norb (comic strip)|Norb]]'', which he worked on in 1989. He won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 1976 and the [[Herblock Prize]] in 2005. Auth was born in [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Ohio]]. Auth died of brain cancer on September 14, 2014 at the age of 72 in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/72747-pulitzer-prizing-winning-cartoonist-tony-auth-dies-at-72|title=Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Tony Auth, dies at 72|publisher=News Works.org|accessdate=September 15, 2014|archive-date=October 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010101242/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/72747-pulitzer-prizing-winning-cartoonist-tony-auth-dies-at-72|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Auth, Tony}} [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from brain cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:American cartoonists]] [[Category:Writers from Philadelphia]] [[Category:Writers from Akron, Ohio]] {{us-bio-stub}}