Larry Wright (February 2, 1940 - May 21, 2017) was an American cartoonist, known for his conservative

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'' from 1976 to 2009. He received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1980 and 1984. He was also the author of the comic strips ''Wright Angles'' and '' Kit 'N' Carlyle''. The latter, about a woman named Carlyle who owns a cat named Kit, was introduced in 1980. Wright died on May 21, 2017, at the age of 77.

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1940 births 2017 deaths American comic strip cartoonists American editorial cartoonists People from Youngstown, Ohio {{US-cartoonist-stub