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Corky Trinidad (Francisco Flores Trinidad, Jr.) was born on 26 May, 1939 in Manila, Philippines, is an American cartoonist. Discover Corky Trinidad's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As Francisco Flores Trinidad, Jr.
Occupation Cartoonist
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 26 May, 1939
Birthday 26 May
Birthplace Manila, Philippines
Date of death 2009
Died Place Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Nationality Philippines

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Corky Trinidad Net Worth

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1939

Francisco Flores Trinidad, Jr. (26 May 1939 – 13 February 2009), better known by his pen name "Corky", was a Filipino-American editorial cartoonist and comics artist.

1961

Trinidad became a political cartoonist for the Philippines Herald after he graduated from university in 1961.

He later became one of many journalists who fled the Philippines during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.

Trinidad was the first Asian editorial cartoonist to be syndicated in the United States and the only Asian American editorial cartoonist at a major U.S. metropolitan newspaper.

Via syndication, Trinidad's work has appeared in non-U.S. periodicals such as the International Herald Tribune, Denmark's Politiken daily, the Buenos Aires Herald, the Manila Chronicle, and the now-defunct British magazine Punch.

Trinidad's comic Nguyen Charlie was carried by the United States Army's Stars and Stripes newspaper, and each day's strip was eagerly awaited by the GIs in South Vietnam.

He later drew two more comic strips, Aloha Eden and Zeus.

He also found time to teach cartooning at the University of Hawaii.

Trinidad's editorial cartoons were critical of Hawaii politicians as well as the Marcos dictatorship.

A collection of his cartoons chronicling Marcos from his declaring martial law through his exile in Hawaii was published as Marcos: The Rise and Fall of a Regime (Arthouse Books, 1986; ISBN 0-935021-08-6).

1969

Born in Manila, he was known for his editorial cartoons for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin since 1969, and especially for his Vietnam War comic strip Nguyen Charlie.

Francisco Trinidad Jr. came from a family of journalists.

His father, Francisco “Koko” Trinidad, was a broadcaster, and his mother, Lina Trinidad, was a columnist.

1982

In 1982 Trinidad received the Allan Saunders Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and in 1999 won the Fletcher Knebel Award from the Hawaii Community Media Council.

He also received several honors in the editorial cartoon category of the Hawaii Publishers Association's annual Pai Awards for excellence in journalism.

2005

In 2005 the Society of Professional Journalists honored Trinidad by naming him to the Hawaii Journalism Hall of Fame."

2009

Corky Trinidad died in Hawaii in 2009 at the age of 69 from pancreatic cancer.

He was survived by his wife, Hana, and five children.

His obituary in the Honolulu Star Bulletin noted Trinidad's advice for young cartoonists: take a stand.