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The Sad Picture of Arthur Boyd the Cartoonist
A South Carolina born artist Arthur Newton Boyd came to New York to draw for papers but faced repeated rejection. He found success in comics and animal caricature, earning $40 a week, then joined the New York World. Financial strain and marital tension followed, leading to his suicide by gas in his Harlem apartment, leaving a distraught widow and a stunned newsroom.
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