Legendary cartoonish Narayan Debnath dies at 97
He was the creator of Bengali comic characters Bantul The Great, Handa Bhonda and Nonte Phonte.
Legendary cartoonist Narayan Debnath, the creator of Bengali comic characters Bantul The Great, Handa Bhonda and Nonte Phonte, died in Kolkata on Tuesday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 97.
He was admitted to a hospital in Kolkata for the past two weeks. Debnath, a Padma Shri awardee, died at 10.15 am, an official said. He was admitted to the private hospital on December 24 and was on ventilator support.
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