May 05
Ted Key Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 22:24 · 127 words · print
Cartoonist Ted Key, whose comic strip "Hazel" about a bossy maid went from magazine page to TV screen, has died. He was 95.
He died Saturday at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Tredyffrin Township after a 1 1/2-year battle with cancer, his son Peter Key said Monday.
"Hazel" was a popular feature in The Saturday Evening Post from the time it debuted in 1943. It evolved into a prime-time series in 1961 that starred Shirley Booth and ran for four years on NBC and one year on CBS.
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Key was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2006 and suffered a stroke in September.
He is survived by his second wife, Bonnie, three sons and three grandchildren. His first wife, Anne, died in 1984.
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