Herblock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herblock

cartoonist

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1909

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 07-Oct-2001

Profession: cartoonist, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October 13, 1909 – October 7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy.During the course of a career stretching into nine decades, he won three Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning (1942, 1954, 1979), shared a fourth Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for Public Service on Watergate, the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994), the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award in 1957 and 1960, the Reuben Award in 1956, the Gold Key Award (the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame) in 1979, and numerous other honors.