Talk:E. C. Segar

Cause of Death
On the www.popeye.com page, under the History tab, it says that Segar died of leukemia, not "a liver disease" as this article states. Do we have any more reliable sources that could confirm one or the other? -T —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.55.46.62 (talk) 08:19, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I just added a reference that includes a scan of Segar's death certificate, which lists COD as portal cirrhosis. PacificBoy  12:10, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Real life Popeye?
After some exensive research, I believe the cartoon "Popeye the Salor Man" by Elzie Crisler Segar was based on a real life character named Zebulon Northrup Tilden aka: Zeb Tilden. His boat was the Alice S. Wentworth which sank in Boston Harbor tied up to The Athanis Pier 4 Restorant in 1966. Zeb was tall,crossed eyed,very strong,smoked a corn-cob pipe,loved to cook,especialy green vegitables,was a ladies man,(married 3 times)was fond of talking and singing to himself habitually and he looked like the caractor in the cartoon. Please respond to: eddentch@hotmail.com
 * Actually, Segar is believed to have based Popeye on Frank "Rocky" Fiegle, a man who was handy with his fists during Segar's youth in Chester, Illinois (Segar based nearly all of his characters on Chester residents). It's been said that Segar actually sent Fiegle checks in the 1930s.  PacificBoy  12:18, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Article name
Current Wikipedia practice is to list people under the name they are best known, and then list their full or real name in the first paragraph. I've moved this page accordingly. --Chowbok 16:18, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)

Addition of a "disambiguation" topic.
There is a "People Mover" train station named Segar too so I'm gonna modify the page by merely adding an "Other Meanings" section -- no more, no less, no distractions, and no disruptions.

Notify me if there's problems Dexter 20:15, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Trivia
Segar's given names, Elsie Crisler, are borrowed for the name of Pullapart Boy's zombie puppy in Steven Weissman's "Yikes!" comics. Asat 06:49, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Early work
According to this, "Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers" began in 1915, a year earlier than the article says. Segar's early pre-Popeye history really should be expanded. Jmj713 (talk) 02:33, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

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