Tony Husband | BBC children's TV legend and cartoonist dies, aged 73
BBC children’s TV star and political cartoonist Tony Husband, who drew for Private Eye, has died at the age of 73, his family has confirmed.
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BBC children’s TV star and political cartoonist Tony Husband, who drew for Private Eye, has died at the age of 73, his family has confirmed.
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Tony Husband, whose cartoons appeared in publications as varied as Private Eye, The Times, Punch and Playboy, has died.