Robert Ripley
American cartoonist (1890–1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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LeRoy Robert Ripley (February 22, 1890 – May 27, 1949)[1] was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who is known for creating the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, which feature odd facts from around the world.
Robert Ripley | |
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Born | (1890-02-22)February 22, 1890 Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
Died | May 27, 1949(1949-05-27) (aged 59) New York City, U.S. |
Resting place | Oddfellows Lawn Cemetery, Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 1920s–1949 |
Known for | Creator of Ripley's Believe It or Not! |
Board member of | Ripley Entertainment |
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Subjects covered in Ripley's cartoons and text ranged from sports feats to little-known facts about unusual and exotic sites. He also included items submitted by readers, who supplied photographs of a wide variety of small-town American trivia ranging from unusually shaped vegetables to oddly marked domestic animals, all documented by photographs and then depicted by his drawings.