A friend of Mort Drucker’s, cartoonist John Reiner, emails me: “I’m sorry to say that Mort passed away last night. I saw him last Friday-he was having trouble breathing- Was not the Coronavirus as he was quarantined for weeks with no other outside contact....

2/“... Due to the current circumstances we can’t have a Shiva or service of any kind. Plans are cremation and a memorial later when things get back to normal.”

Reiner said Mort’s last words to him were “I’m the luckiest man-I’ve had a wonderful life.”

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 9, 2020