Forrest C. (Bud) Sagendorf; Drew ‘Popeye’ Cartoon Strip

Forrest C. (Bud) Sagendorf, 79, the “Popeye” cartoonist whose art appears daily in newspapers worldwide. Sagendorf started out as the assistant to “Popeye” creator Elzie C. Segar, who began the strip in 1929 under the title “Thimble Theater.” After Segar’s death in 1938, other cartoonists drew “Popeye” for two decades before Sagendorf took over in 1958 and introduced new characters, including Granny and Dufus. Failing eyesight forced him to drop work on the daily “Popeye” strip in 1986, but he continued to draw the Sunday strip until his death. In Sun City Center, Fla., on Sept. 22 of cancer.