Given the question: Facts: - birth name: anthony louis dipreta - subcat: american - death date: 2 june 2010 - pencil: y - ink: y - birth date: 9 july 1921 - nationality: american - cartoonist: y - death place: greenwich , connecticut - birth place: stamford , connecticut Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tony dipreta .
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anthony louis '' tony '' dipreta -lrb- july 9 , 1921 -- june 2 , 2010 -rrb- was an american comic book and comic strip artist active from the 1940s golden age of comic books .he was the longtime successor artist of the comic strip '' joe palooka '' -lrb- 1959 -- 84 -rrb- and drew the '' rex morgan , m.d. '' daily strip from 1994 until dipreta 's retirement in 2000 .