Rube Goldberg's Life And Accomplishments

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Rube Goldberg was a very famous,prize winner cartoonist.He was born July 4,1883 in San Francisco.He was a man with a big imagination and enjoyed to entertain children.Rube was very creative with his cartoons.He worked hard to achieve his most important achievements.Mr.Goldberg believed that he would help keep inventions alive throughout his legacy.He attended U. Cal Berkeley and received a degree in engineering.His first job was at San Francisco Chronicle and it led to a lot of success.One award he earned was the Pulitzer prize with his editorial cartoon named “Peace today.”Another award he won was the Reuben award for being the best cartoonist of the year in 1967.He got married with a lady named Irma Seeman.They were married from 1916-1970,til RUbe died.Rube had two sons named George and another named Thomas George.Rube Goldberg died in December 7,1970.

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