Kurt Westergaard | |
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Born | Kurt Vestergaard 13 July 1935 Døstrup, Denmark |
Died | 14 July 2021 Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged 86)
Education | Ranum Seminarium University of Copenhagen |
Occupation | Cartoonist |
Known for | Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy |
Awards | Sappho Award, M100 Media Award |
Kurt Westergaard (born Kurt Vestergaard; 13 July 1935 – 14 July 2021) was a Danish cartoonist. In 2005 he drew a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, wearing a bomb in his turban[1] as a part of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons, which triggered several assassinations and murders committed by Muslim extremists around the world, diplomatic conflicts, and state-organized riots and attacks on Western embassies with several dead in Muslim countries. After the drawing of the cartoon, Westergaard received numerous death threats and was a target of assassination attempts. As a result, he was under constant police protection.[2][3]