Cause of death: surgical complications
Louis Forton (born March 14, 1879, in Sées, Orne; died February 15, 1934, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French screenwriter and comic strip artist.
Louis Forton was one of the pioneers of French comic strips. He is notably the creator of the famous satirical and humorous series: Les Pieds nickelés, created in 1908, and Bibi Fricotin, in 1928, continued after his death by Gaston Callaud.
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