Tulsa World cartoonist dies

Nationally recognized and Tulsa World cartoonist Doug Marlette died in a Mississippi vehicle accident Tuesday, according to the World newspaper.

Marlette, who penned the syndicated Kudzu cartoon strip in addition to serving as a World editorial cartoonist, was visiting Mississippi when the vehicle in which he was riding during a heavy rainfall crashed.

The North Carolina native joined the World staff in Feb. 2006.