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Lee Lorenz, a cartoonist and cartoon editor who over 40 years at The New Yorker introduced unconventional illustrators such as Roz Chast and Jack Zieg

Lee Lorenz, a cartoonist and cartoon editor who over 40 years at The New Yorker introduced unconventional illustrators such as Roz Chast and Jack Ziegler while publishing droll covers and some 1,800 cartoons in the magazine himself, died Thursday at his home in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was 90.

Over 40 years at the magazine he drew hundreds of cartoons and covers and served as art and cartoon editor, recruiting new talent and deciding who got published.