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1909 – 1979Al Capp (1909-1979)Died 5 November 1979, aged 70American cartoonist Al Capp, creator of the long-running comic strip Li'l Abner, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His satirical strip ran in newspapers for 43 years and introduced characters and expressions that entered American popular culture. He died on 5 November 1979.