Kurt Westergaard
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Key facts
- Born
- Kurt Vestergaard , ( 1935-07-13 ) 13 July 1935, Døstrup , Denmark
- Died
- 14 July 2021 (2021-07-14) (aged 86), Copenhagen , Denmark
- Education
- Ranum Seminarium [ da ] , University of Copenhagen
- Occupation
- Cartoonist
- Known for
- Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
- Awards
- Sappho Award , M100 Media Award
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kurt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Døstrup
- Place of death
- Copenhagen
- Occupation
- journalist
- Employer
- Jyllands-Posten
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- journalism
- Image
- KurtWestergaard2015.jpg
- Significant event
- Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
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- date of birth
- 1935-07-13
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- Kurt Westergaard
- name in native language
- Kurt Westergaard
- date of death
- 2021-07-14
- pseudonym
- KW
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Encyclopedic overview
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 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.
Early life
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