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10 july 2007 marshall county , mississippi , united states greensboro , north carolina , united states 150 american doug marlette 06 december 1949 cartoonist dougmarlette.jpg doug marlette
 douglas nigel marlette
doug marlette

douglas nigel `` doug '' marlette -lrb- december 6 , 1949 -- july 10 , 2007 -rrb- was a pulitzer prize-winning american editorial cartoonist who , at the time of his death , had also published two novels and was `` finding his voice in writing long-length fiction . ''
his popular comic strip `` kudzu '' , distributed by universal press syndicate from 1981 to 2007 , was adapted into a musical comedy .
born in greensboro , north carolina , marlette was raised in durham , north carolina ; laurel , mississippi and sanford , florida .
marlette began his cartooning career while a student at seminole community college where he worked on the student newspaper .
he then went on to florida state university where he drew political cartoons for `` the florida flambeau '' , from 1969 to 1971 .
he illustrated the 1970-71 fsu yearbook , `` tally ho '' , including a wraparound cover .
marlette was the cartoonist for `` the charlotte observer '' -lrb- 1972 -- 1987 -rrb- , `` the atlanta journal-constitution '' -lrb- 1987 -- 89 -rrb- for which he won a pulitzer prize in 1988 , `` new york newsday '' -lrb- 1989 -- 02 -rrb- , `` the tallahassee democrat '' -lrb- 2002 -- 06 -rrb- and `` the tulsa world '' -lrb- 2006 -- 07 -rrb- .
in 2002 , he drew criticism from islamic groups for drawing a cartoon depicting mohammed driving a ryder van with missiles pointed out the back and the caption , `` what would mohammed drive ? ''
