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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. […]

Al Jaffee, the longtime cartoonist for Mad Magazine who created one of the satirical publications most beloved and enduring features - the back-cover "Fold-In" illustration - died today in a New York City hospital of organ failure. He was 102.

Al Jaffee, Mad magazine's award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of children with the sneaky...

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

For decades, virtually every issue of Mad featured new material by Jaffee. His collected "Fold-Ins" filled a four-volume box set published in 2011.

Jaffee died Monday in Manhattan from multiple organ failure, according to his granddaughter, Fani Thomson. He had retired at the age of 99.