for Miss Peach, in 1981, and the organization's Silver T-Square Award in 2000. On January 23, 2016, Lazarus became the second recipient of the National Cartoonists Society Medal of Honor, established the year before. Personal life Lazarus was married twice, first to Eileen Lazarus, which ended in divorce; then to Sally Mitchell, daughter of comic-strip gag writer Ed Mitchell. Lazarus lived in Los Angeles from the 1970s until his death on May 24, 2016. from complications from Alzheimer's. He had three daughters, Margie, Suesan and Cathie; six grandchildren and one great grandson. In popular culture He made a cameo appearance in the 1992 Murder She Wrote episode "The Dead File." His membership in Mensa was mentioned in the 1999 episode "They Saved Lisa's Brain" of The Simpsons. References External links Mell Lazarus at the Lambiek Comiclopedia Tribute to Mell Lazarus, excerpted from the documentary film by Sari Armington, The Folks Behind the Funnies 1927 births 2016 deaths 20th-century American novelists American comic strip cartoonists 20th-century American Jews American male novelists Reuben Award winners People from Brooklyn People from Los Angeles 20th-century American male writers Novelists from California Novelists from New York (state) Mensans 21st-century American Jews United States Navy sailors Inkpot Award winners