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Cartoonist, "The Wizard of Id"
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Date Posted: Thursday, April 15, 04:36:27pm
August 26, 1920 - April 15, 2007
Brant J. Parker, award winning cartoonist of the syndicated comic strip The Wizard of Id, died Sunday, April 15th in Lynchburg, VA. He was 86. He died as a result of complications of Alzheimer's disease and a stroke he suffered in October, 2006.
He is survived by his beloved wife of sixty years, Mary Lou; his children, James Parker, Julie Shackleton, Laurie Tannenbaum, Kathie Borkowski and Jeff Parker; and his brother, John Parker. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brother, Ted; and two grandchildren, Amy Clemons and Patrick Borkowski.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He worked for Disney Studios animating Donald Duck before moving to New York where he met Johnny Hart, the creator of the comic strip, BC. Together their creativity sparked The Wizard of Id which has run since 1965. The strip continues today, in his name, by son Jeff and his wife Nicola Parker. Brant loved his work and had a passion for sharing his talent with people of all ages and would regularly visit his children's and grandchildren's classrooms and teach cartooning to aspiring artists of all ages.
There will be a Memorial Service at St. Mark's Catholic Church, Vienna, VA, 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2007.
The family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to the Privette Home in Lynchburg where Brant was being cared for at the time of his death.
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