Hank Ketcham

Work : None | New Job 1939 (Joined Disney Studios) | Work : None | New Career 1942 (Sold his first cartoon) | Social : None | Joined group 1942 (U.S. Navy) | Relationship : None | Marriage 13 July 1942 (First marriage) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities June 1943 (Son Dennis born) | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1950 (Release of his first "Dennis") | Work : None | Gain social status 1953 ("Dennis" syndicated in 243 papers) | : None | Death of Mate 1958 (First wife died of an OD) | Relationship : None | Marriage 1959 (Second marriage) | Family : None | Change residence 1959 (Moved to Geneva, Switzerland) | Relationship : None | Divorce dates 1970 (From second wife) | Relationship : None | Marriage 9 June 1970 (Third marriage) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 1974 (Daughter born) | Work : None | Gain social status 1977 ("Dennis" released in 750 papers in 48 countries) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 14 March 1977 (Another son born, third child) | : None | Death by Disease 1 June 2001 (Heart disease and cancer, age 81) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Cancer (Prostate) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Heart disease/attack | Family : Childhood | Family traumatic event (Age 12 when mom died) | Family : Relationship | Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Three long term marriages) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (Three) | Family : Relationship | Widowed (First wife) | Family : Parenting | Kids 1-3 (Two sons and one daughter) | Family : Parenting | Kids -Traumatic event (Estranged from first son, Dennis) | Lifestyle : Financial | Gain - Financial success in field | Lifestyle : Social Life | Sports (Enjoys golf) | Vocation : Art | Cartoonist (Pro., syndicated) | Vocation : Art | Fine art artist | Vocation : Military | Military service (U.S. Navy) | Vocation : Writers | Humor (Free-lance gag writer initially)