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DATE: MONDAY, April 22, 1991                   TAG: 9104220071
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

`CHICK' LARSEN DIES; RETIRED CARTOONIST AT RICHMOND PAPER

Carl E. "Chick" Larsen, an editorial cartoonist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1968 to 1977, died Sunday. He was 68.

A native of Newport News, Larsen got a bachelor's degree in fine arts in 1954 from Richmond Professional Institute, now Virginia Commonwealth University.

In 1951, he joined the Times-Dispatch as a staff artist, a position he held until 1968, when he was named editorial cartoonist. In 1977, he was appointed graphics presentation manager in the advertising department for Richmond Newspapers Inc. He retired in 1988.

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