Legendary cartoonist Michael Leunig dies, aged 79

Legendary Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig has died, age 79.

Leunig’s storied career started with the Melbourne Age in 1969, where he worked as a political cartoonist, and closed out in September, after he was dumped by The Age in what the artist dubbed “a throat-cutting exercise”.

Leunig’s passing was announced by his studio on Thursday evening.

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