Mort Walker

Addison Morton Walker (September 3, 1923 – January 27, 2018), popularly known as Mort Walker, was an American comic artist. Walker was best known for creating the newspaper comic strips "Beetle Bailey" in 1950 and "Hi and Lois" in 1954. He has signed Addison to some of his strips.
Walker was born on September 3, 1923 in El Dorado, Kansas. He was raised in Kansas City, Kansas. Walker studied at Northeast High School and at the University of Missouri. 
Walker died from complications of pneumonia on January 27, 2018 at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. He was 94 years old.