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Rube Goldberg

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Rube Goldberg

Original Name
Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg
Birth
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Death
7 Dec 1970 (aged 87)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
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Cartoonist. His strips included "Boob McNutt" and "Foolish Questions". Best known for "Goldberg's Inventions" - extremely roundabout ways to a simple end, using a chain of living and mechanical agents. Won Pulitzer prize in 1948 for editorial cartooning.
Cartoonist. His strips included "Boob McNutt" and "Foolish Questions". Best known for "Goldberg's Inventions" - extremely roundabout ways to a simple end, using a chain of living and mechanical agents. Won Pulitzer prize in 1948 for editorial cartooning.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: May 29, 2001
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22572/rube-goldberg: accessed ), memorial page for Rube Goldberg (4 Jul 1883–7 Dec 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22572, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.