Paul Coker Jr. (March 5, 1929 – July 23, 2022)

The animation industry has lost another prolific artist. Paul
Coker Jr., a cartoonist and designer whose career spanned
nearly five decades, passed away on Saturday, July 23 at his
home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  

Coker’s first appearance in Mad was in 1961; and went on to illustrate
over 375 articles for the magazine.

Burt Metcalfe (March 19, 1935 – July 27, 2022)

Burt Metcalfe, the onetime actor from Canada
who  served as a producer, director and writer
on all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H.
   
   
      

     
      
 

Burt Metcalfe (right) in an episode of  Perry Mason (1960’s)

In The Twilight Zone, Metcalfe (second from left) played a neighbor in "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"(1960).         
 

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Tony Lee Dow (April 13, 1945 – July 27, 2022)

Actor Tony Dow, best known for his role as Wally Cleaver on the
classic sitcom Leave It to Beaver, died on Wednesday at the age
of 77.

Dow was still in hospice care Tuesday when his death from
cancer was prematurely announced.

At 11:10 p.m., 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean
liner Andrea Doria and the Swedish ocean liner Stockholm collided
in a heavy Atlantic fog. Fifty-one passengers and crew were killed
in the collision, which ripped a great hole in the broad side of the
Italian vessel. Miraculously, all 1,660 survivors on the Andrea Doria
were rescued from the severely listing ship before it sunk late the
next morning. Both ships were equipped with sophisticated radar systems, and authorities were puzzled as to the cause of the
accident.

The Stockholm returning to New York after her collision with
the Andrea Doria. Her bow severely damaged.