| Herblock  AKA Herbert Lawrence Block
Born: 13-Oct-1909
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 7-Oct-2001
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Cartoonist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post Military service: US Army (1943-46, Sgt.) Coined the term, "McCarthyism." Father: David Block
Mother: Tessie
University: Chicago Art Institute
University: Lake Forest College (1927-29, dropped out)
The Washington Post Editorial Cartoonist (1946-2001)
Newspaper Enterprise Association Editorial Cartoonist (1933-43)
Reuben Award 1956
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning 1942 (for "British Plane")
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning 1954 (Stalin meets Death)
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning 1979 (body of work)
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1994
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
Heart Attack 1959
Heart Bypass Operation
Author of books:
The Herblock Book (1952)
Herblock's Here and Now (1955)
Herblock's Special for Today (1958)
Straight Herblock (1964)
The Herblock Gallery (1968)
Herblock's State of the Union (1972)
Herblock: Special Report (1974)
Herblock on All Fronts (1980)
Herblock Through the Looking Glass (1984)
Herblock at Large (1987)
Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life (1993)
Bella and Me: Life in the Service of a Cat (1995)
Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium (2000)
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