Did Trudeau decide that “Doonesbury” character Duke had to go? You decide.

If Trudeau thought that the cartoon character couldn’t live on once the real-life (so to speak) inspiration was gone, I give him credit for making a classy decision. But Greg the Husband’s take is that there is no officially no reason ever to bother reading “Doonesbury” again. Yep, that’s true too.

For a tribute to Thompson that seems truly, if sadly, appropriate, check out the “dancin’ Duke” at the “Doonesbury” homepage, complete with sound-bytes that (I think) are original to Thompson and may even be in his voice (though it kinda sounds like a Jack Nicholson impersonation too). But it says all it has to about the guy, for better or for worse, to hear him saying “I want my ashes to be shot out of a cannon.”

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Follow-up: Naah, Trudeau wimped out. Wienie.