death_place death_date birth_place nationality art birth_date article_title name
palm city , florida 15 october 2013 brooklyn , new york american y 6 december 1924 george olesen
 george olesen
george olesen

george olesen -lrb- december 6 , 1924 -- october 15 , 2013 -rrb- was an american comic book artist , best known for his work as a penciller on popular comic strip `` the phantom '' .
he worked with the character for around forty years , although he did not get any official credit for it until penciller sy barry retired and keith williams took over as the new inker .
olesen also illustrated a few phantom stories for the scandinavian phantom comics , which he both pencilled and inked .
during world war ii olesen served as a b-24 pilot in the burma campaign .
after the war he earned an illustration degree from the pratt institute .
olesen retired in 2005 , leaving paul ryan to take over both the pencilling and inking jobs on `` the phantom '' .
olesen enjoyed a quiet life with his wife rigmor , far away from the stressing deadlines he constantly had to face as a cartoonist .
olesen died on october 15 , 2013 .
