Asterix co-inventor Albert Uderzo dies

Updated March 24 2020 - 10:08pm, first published 10:05pm
Illustrator Albert Uderzo (C) and Rene Goscinny came up with the idea of Asterix in 1959.
Illustrator Albert Uderzo (C) and Rene Goscinny came up with the idea of Asterix in 1959.

Albert Uderzo, the French comic artist who illustrated the cartoon character Asterix the Gaul, has died at the age of 92, news agency AFP reports, citing his family.

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