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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have just learned the sad news on a French forum
( <A
href="http://fr.outducks.org/picsouman/forum/forum.php?f=0&view=673">http://fr.outducks.org/picsouman/forum/forum.php?f=0&view=673</A>
).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The message links to <A
href="http://www.afnews.info/news.asp">http://www.afnews.info/news.asp</A> :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>"The Great Italian Disney Master <A
href="http://www.lambiek.net/scarpa_romano.htm">Romano Scarpa</A> passed away
today in the morning" (Sat, April 23, 2005)</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This site in turns links to <A
href="http://www.dimensionedelta.net/scarpa/">http://www.dimensionedelta.net/scarpa/</A> .</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That is quite a loss. Scarpa definitely was one
of the major Disney comics authors / artists.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>His stories were abundantly featured in the French
Disney magazines I grew up with. I generally preferred his Duck stories,
and his earlier graphic style, but that's really a matter of personal taste and
doesn't lessen his great contribution to (European) Disney comics.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With all my sympathy to Mr Scarpa's family and
friends,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Olivier</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>