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- Birth nameAddison Morton Walker
- Mort Walker was born on September 3, 1923 in El Dorado, Kansas, USA. He was a writer, known for The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972), Hero's Reward (1962) and Beetle Bailey (1990). He was married to Catherine Carty and Jean Marie Suffill. He died on January 27, 2018 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
- SpousesCatherine Carty(August 24, 1985 - January 27, 2018) (his death)Jean Marie Suffill(March 10, 1949 - 1985) (divorced, 7 children)
- Created comic-strip "Beetle Bailey" in 1950. Also created "Hi and Lois" with Dik Browne in 1954.
- The comic strip "Beetle Bailey" started out as a rip-off of the TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" but then became the most famous strip to depict life in the army.
- Walker designed and created a bronze statue of his Beetle Bailey character that has resided on the campus of his alma mater, the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo., since 1992.
- A father of 10 children, from two wives.
- He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame in 2023.
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