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Endpoint: Bill Murphy (Cartoonist)



created on: 7/10/2024
by: Lo55o (13291)
 
 

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William Stephen (Bill) Murphy (born 1931, Philadelphia, USA - died March 15, 2010, Santa Fe, USA (aged 78)) was a cartoonist and painter.
As a painter, graphic designer, art director, book illustrator and cartoonist he contributed to magazines such as Playboy, Esquire and Harvey Kurtzman's Help! magazine.

Murphy was born in Philadelphia to William and Marie Nugent Murphy and graduated from the University of the Arts. He had started painting New Mexico scenes as early as 1952, using photographs by Ansel Adams and Laura Gilpin.

He was a graphic designer of bookcovers and posters and an illustrator for Grove Press, Simon & Schuster, Delacorte, etc.

He produced educational films for the American Medical Association and Xerox Learning Systems. He followed his dream by moving to New Mexico to paint and draw the landscape.
He also painted a mural for the opening of John Kennedy's presidential campaign at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

He is a graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and worked in New York City as cartoonist, graphic designer and film-video producer.
In addition to his second wife, Barbara Beasley Murphy, an author of books for young adults, Murphy was survived by his daughter, Jennifer Mammoli.

Bill Murphy died of lung cancer at his home in Santa Fe. He was 78.
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Married to : Barbara Beasley Murphy
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Submitted by : Lo55o (13291)
on : 07/10/2024
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Last updated on: 07/10/2024