R.I.P. Ronald Searle

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He passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, December 30th 2011. Since the death of his wife Monica last summer, his health had been steadily declining.

The media have some touching tributes:
Matt Jones on CartoonBrew
The Telegraph
The Telegraph 2
Telegraph obituary
Guardian Books
Guardian obituary
The Mirror
Daily Mail
Berliner Morgenpost
BBC obituary

He had been recently profiled in Making Great Illustration, a collection of interviews with todays' top illustrators featuring amongst others Ralph Steadman, Quentin Blake, Dave McKean and Pete Fowler.

See some of his works here, here, and here.

Here's one of my favorite illustrations from him: