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When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions.

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Mort Walker
Age: 94 †
Born: 1923
Born: September 3
Died: 2018
Died: January 27
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El Dorado
Kansas
Mortimer Walker
Addison Walker
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