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Area Resident Mort Walker, 'Beetle Bailey' Creator, Dies At 94 Area Resident Mort Walker, 'Beetle Bailey' Creator, Dies At 94
Area Resident Mort Walker, 'Beetle Bailey' Creator, Dies At 94 Mort Walker, the creator of the popular cartoon strips "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi and Lois," died Saturday at his home in Stamford. He was 94."Beetle Bailey," chronicling the escapes of a U.S. Army private known for his laziness, was created in 1950. "Hi and Lois," about a suburban family, launched in 1954. Addison Morton Walker was born on Sept. 3, 1923 in  El Dorado, Kansas.  “If there is such a thing as being born into a profession, it happened to me,” Walker wrote in the introduction to his autobiography. “From my first breath, all I ever wanted to b…