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Tony Auth, 1942-2014

    by Will Bunch | Columnist
    Published 

The week gets off to a sad start with news that

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, the Pulitzer Prize-winning former Inquirer editorial cartoonist who more recently worked at WHYY's Newsworks,

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. If ever there was a journalist who fought for truth, justice and the American way, it was Tony. But what really made him an inspiration to me and to so many others was that

» READ MORE: he consistently expressed what he thought was right

-- not the viewpoint that would be the easiest or the most popular, and he spoke uncomfortable truths to people in power. His passing would have been a huge loss at any time...but the American conversation really could have used his wisdom in these muddled times. Rest in peace.