Forrest C. (Bud) Sagendorf; Drew ‘Popeye’ Cartoon Strip

Forrest C. (Bud) Sagendorf, 79, the “Popeye� cartoonist whose art appears daily in newspapers worldwide. Sagendorf started out as the assistant to “Popeye� creator Elzie C. Segar, who began the strip in 1929 under the title “Thimble Theater.� After Segar’s death in 1938, other cartoonists drew “Popeye� for two decades before Sagendorf took over in 1958 and introduced new characters, including Granny and Dufus. Failing eyesight forced him to drop work on the daily “Popeye� strip in 1986, but he continued to draw the Sunday strip until his death. In Sun City Center, Fla., on Sept. 22 of cancer.