Don Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose pointed work punctured duplicity and pomposity and resonated with common-sense readers, died on March 24 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla.
His death was confirmed by his wife, Carolyn Wright, a fellow journalist.
In a 45-year career, Mr. Wright drew some 11,000 cartoons for The Miami News, which folded in 1988, and then The Palm Beach Post, where he worked until he retired in 2008.
But he reached a readership far beyond Florida: His cartoons appeared in newspapers nationwide through syndication.
Mr. Wright’s readers knew where he stood, and especially what he was against, whether it was the Vietnam War; Israel’s military support for the pro-apartheid regime in South Africa (he depicted a menorah with missiles in place of candles); sexual abuse by clergymen; the John Birch Society, the anti-Communist fringe group; and racial segregationists, notably the violent Ku Klux Klan.
Persons:
Don Wright, Carolyn Wright, Wright
Organizations:
The Miami News, John Birch Society, Communist, Klux Klan
Locations:
Palm Beach, Fla, Florida, Vietnam, South Africa