Rube Goldberg's Death

The cartoonist Rube Goldberg died at the age of 87. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who co-founded the National Cartoonists Society and drew complicated machines intended to perform simple tasks.

He married Irma Seeman in 1916; the couple had two sons.

Quotes

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“Naturally, I’m conservative; I’m a Republican. I always was.” (Rube Goldberg)

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“And, uh, I’ve got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers.” (Rube Goldberg)

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“And during my college, at the end of the junior year I worked in a mine.” (Rube Goldberg)

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“And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I’ve had quite a bit of success but I feel that I’m just the same person as I always was.” (Rube Goldberg)

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“I, I don’t think anybody’s continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression.” (Rube Goldberg)