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It happens to inevitably for most of us as we get older and wiser, or at least older.

Growing up in Cuba, Rafael Martinez didn’t have many toys. “There were many things we wanted, but we just didn’t have. So everything came from our imagination.”

To show the influence he had on country music, I have a DVD entitled “A Tribute to Merle Haggard.”

Former Mad magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102. Jaffee, one of the magazine’s longest contributors, had delighted millions of kids with such fixtures as the

Al Jaffee, Mad magazine's award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions," has died. He was 102. Jaffee died Monday in Manhattan from multiple organ failure, according to his granddaughter, Fani Thomson. He had retired at…

Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” died. He was 102.

NEW YORK (AP) — Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” has died. He was 102. Jaffee died Monday in Manhattan from multiple organ failure, according to his granddaughter, Fani Thomson. […]

An essential member of satirical magazine's 'Useful Gang of Idiots,' he created self-explanatory 'Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,' amused fans for decades until retiring at 99

Jaffee’s admirers ranged from Charles M. Schulz of “Peanuts” fame and “Far Side” creator Gary Larson to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who marked Jaffee’s 85th birthday by featuring a Fold-In cake on “The Colbert Report.”

Jaffee was known for "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions," which delivered exactly what the title promised