‘Gasoline Alley’ Author Dies
Associated Press
ASHEVILLE, N.C. —
Richard Moores, author and artist of the syndicated comic strip “Gasoline Alley,” died today in a hospital here. He was 77.
He had been weaving the tales of Skeezix, Nina, Slim, Clovia, Joel and Rufus since 1960 when Frank King, the strip’s creator, died. The comic strip appears in 180 daily newspapers and 125 Sunday newspapers.
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