Danny Shanahan, cartoonist with an absurd touch, dies at 64 Shanahan, a mirthful cartoonist who had a stand-up comics gift for one-liners but whose long association with The New Yorker ended last year under a cloud, died on Monday in a hospital in Charleston, S.C. He was 64. The New Yorker via The New York Times. by Richard Sandomir (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Danny Shanahan, a mirthful cartoonist who had a stand-up comics gift for one-liners but whose long association with The New Yorker ended last year under a cloud, died Monday in a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. He was 64.