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Ribald Cartoonist Peter Arno Dies in New York
Peter Arno, famed New Yorker cartoonist known for ribald humor, died of cancer at 64 in Port Chester New York. Born Curtis Arnoux Peters in 1904 in New York City he studied at Hotchkiss and Yale then pursued art and cartoons rising to prominence by the 1920s. He married Lois Long in 1927 and later Mary Livingston Landsing before divorces. his work spanned four decades and mocked high society and world events.
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