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Bill Gallo (December 28, 1922 – May 10, 2011) was a cartoonist and newspaper columnist for the New York ''Daily News''. ==Biography== Gallo was born in Manhattan, the son of a journalist father who died when Gallo was 11 years old.〔( "THIS ONE IS FOR YOU, DAD" ). New York ''Daily News''. June 19, 2005〕 Gallo's mother and father were natives of Spain.〔( "Spain's World Cup victory is one that would have made News' Gallo's Papa proud" ). New York ''Daily News''. July 13, 2010〕〔( "HENRIETTA GALLO DIES AT 94, MOTHER OF NEWS CARTOONIST" ) New York ''Daily News''. April 29, 1996〕 When Gallo graduated from high school in 1941, he landed a copy boy job on the ''Daily News''. He worked there for seven months until he was called to serve in World War II. Gallo joined the United States Marine Corps on December 8, 1942. He completed his recruit training at Parris Island, South Carolina. Gallo served in combat in the Pacific theater, fighting at Saipan, Tinian and on Iwo Jima. After the war, he returned to the ''Daily News''. Gallo also attended Columbia University and later the School of Visual Arts, under the GI Bill of Rights. In 1960, Gallo was transferred to the Sports Department of the newspaper, where he began doing sports cartoons following the death of cartoonist Leo O'Melia.〔(Bill Gallo Papers ) at Syracuse University〕 Gallo developed the characters Basement Bertha and Yuchie. One of Gallo's more famous works was his 1979 tribute sketch after the death of Yankees baseball great, Thurman Munson. Gallo's work can also be found on the walls of the Overlook in Midtown Manhattan which is owned by Patrick Evangelista, Mark Evangelista and Jeff Perzan, as well as in the permanent collections of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.〔 On the night of Tuesday May 10, 2011, Gallo died from complications stemming from pneumonia. He was 88.〔( "Bill Gallo, legendary Daily News cartoonist and columnist, dies at 88 after lengthy illness" ). New York ''Daily News''. May 10, 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Gallo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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