Veteran cartoonist Yokoyama dies at 92

Veteran cartoonist Yokoyama dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran cartoonist Ryuichi Yokoyama (in photo taken in December 1998) died Nov. 8, 2001 of a stroke at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. Yokoyama, 92, collapsed at his home in Kamakura on Nov. 7, 2001 and was rushed to the hospital. He received a Persons of Cultural Merits award in 1994 marking the first time a cartoonist received the honor.

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