Kolkata: 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, said the hospital where he was undergoing treatment.
He was 97 years old.
“Debnath, a Padma Shri awardee, died at 10:15 am,” an official of the hospital said.
He was admitted to the private hospital on December 24 and was put on ventilator support.
(PTI)