Gene Ahern

Deceased Person

1895 – 1960

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Who was Gene Ahern?

Eugene Leslie Ahern was a cartoonist best known for his bombastic Major Hoople, a pompous character who appeared in the long-run syndicated gag panel Our Boarding House. Many of Ahern's comic strips took a surreal or screwball approach, notably The Squirrel Cage with its nonsensical catchphrase "Nov shmoz ka pop."

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Born
1895
United States of America
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Nov 17, 1960

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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