Will Elder, 86, one of the original Mad magazine cartoonist-illustrators who later co-created the long-running "Little Annie Fanny" cartoon strip in Playboy magazine, died of Parkinson's disease Thursday in Rockleigh, N.J.
"His artistic ability was unparalleled, but it was the sense of humor that he brought to it that really set him apart," Hugh Hefner said Friday.
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