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Lee Judah Ames 1921 - 2011

Lee Judah Ames of Huntington, Suffolk County, NY was born on January 8, 1921 in New York, comté de New York County, and died at age 90 years old on June 2, 2011 in Huntington, Comté de Suffolk County. Lee Ames was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section A3 Row A Site 4 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale.

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Huntington, Suffolk County, NY 11743
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January 8, 1921
New York, comté de New York County, NY, États-Unis
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    Artist, Illustrator. He was regarded as one of the first generation of modern artists of comic book illustration and comic art instruction. In the summer of 1938, he got his first job at a sign advertising agency in New York City. After his High School graduation in 1939, he entered a contest the Disney organization was running to find new artists, won and relocated to Los Angeles, California. There, he worked in capacity of illustration for Mickey Mouse cartoons and on the feature films of "Fantasia" and "Pinocchio". Homesick, he returned to New York, got into comic book art working for The Spectre and other strips for DC publications. After serving in the US Army as a 2nd Lieutenant during World War II, he worked for most of the major comic publishers including Timely, Archie, Harvey, Hillman, EC and was a main contributor to Classics Illustrated comics of the 1950s. Through the 1960s and 1970s, he enjoyed an immense success with his line of the twenty-six series "Draw 50" books, which taught generations of children how to draw elephants, tigers, dogs, fish, birds and many more. He spent his later years mostly promoting the many other books he wrote, conducting lectures and teaching art techniques.
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    January 8, 1921
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    New York, comté de New York County, NY États-Unis
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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: 2LT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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    June 2, 2011
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    He died of congestive heart failure
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Ames, George (Oct 3, 1892 - Jun 21, 1981) Ames, Ella J. (Born Mar 26, 1893) Ames, Eddie (Born Jun 14, 1920) Ames, Edwin (Jun 14, 1920 - May 6, 1995) Hastings, Helen Ames, Ira (Born Sep 22, 1804) Ames, Lydia (Born Mar 24, 1801) Ames, Walter (Oct 7, 1918 - May 1981) Ames, Wallace (Oct 7, 1918 - Jul 15, 1994) Ames, Ernest (Jun 7, 1886 - Mar 1967)
Ames, Spurgeon (Dec 2, 1906 - Jan 1983) Ames, Cecile (May 17, 1917 - Sep 17, 2003) Ames, Arthur (Aug 14, 1913 - Jan 1963) Ames, David (Mar 19, 1896 - May 1986) Ames, John (May 31, 1897 - Dec 1975) Ames, Edythe (Nov 3, 1897 - Dec 1980) Ames, Ida (Mar 3, 1910 - May 1977) Ames, Ralph (Dec 16, 1881 - Oct 1966) Ames, Omar (Sep 15, 1902 - Dec 1977) Ames, Simeon (Dec 10, 1916 - Nov 1985)
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