Ron Tandberg [SEP] occupation
Ron Tandberg
Ronald Peter Tandberg (31 December 1943 – 8 January 2018) was an Australian illustrator and political cartoonist who contributed to "The Age" newspaper in Melbourne, Australia from 1972. Tandberg's credits include eleven Walkley Awards. He was inducted into the Melbourne Press Club's Victorian Hall of Fame in 2014.
Early life and education.
Tandberg was born in Melbourne to working-class parents and raised in a small house at the suburb of Pascoe Vale South. His grandfather was a builder who gave away
Australia in the early 1990s.
Death.
Tandberg died of oesophageal cancer at St John of God Hospital, in Geelong, Victoria, surrounded by his family, in the afternoon of 8 January 2018, at the age of 74. He was survived by his wife, Glen.
External links.
- Biography at Design & Art Australia Online
- Gallery of illustrations by Fairfax Media artist Ron Tandberg