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Comic strip artist at small town Minnesota newspaper was a local character himself Dan Gola, who contributed cartoons to the Echo Journal newspaper for 28 years, died in January at age 76. Written By: Nancy Vogt | × Dan GolaFile photo PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. — Just a month after penning his last "Claude and Ernie" comic strip for the Echo Journal in Pequot Lakes, Minn., Dan Gola died at age 76. He had been battling health issues for years. “He loved doing that. He ...

Dan Gola contributed cartoon to the Echo newspaper for 28 years, even after moving to North Carolina. Written By: Nancy Vogt | × Dan GolaFile photo Just over a month after penning his last Claude and Ernie cartoon for the Echo Journal, Dan Gola died after battling health issues for years. He was 76. “He loved doing that. He loved y’all,” his wife, Barbara Gola, said of the Claude and Ernie cartoon that Gola created for nearly 30 years for the Echo Journal. “That was a b...