Andy Donato
Retired Canadian editorial cartoonistWikipedia
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Sep 16, 2026
Lorrie GoldsteinGUEST
[laughs] I think the mood, um, the mood amongst Sun people is pretty just heartbroken.
Lorrie GoldsteinGUEST
Um, you know, he, he, he, he wasn't just a cartoonist.
Lorrie GoldsteinGUEST
He had, he was instrumental to the origins of the Sun.
Lorrie GoldsteinGUEST
Now, I didn't join the Sun until eight years after it was founded, but the very beginning.
Lorrie GoldsteinGUEST
Um, he was the, um...
Lorrie GoldsteinGUEST
When they needed information on design, they would go to, go to Andy.
Lorrie GoldsteinGUEST
Andy's most famous as a cartoonist, but really along with people like, like Peter Ranson and, and, and, and Doug Crayton, if the Sun hadn't had Andy, I doubt there would've been a Sun.
Lorrie GoldsteinGUEST
I real- I really do.
Deb HuttonHOST
Now, if you've ever had any interest in Toronto politics, if you're listening to me now, chances are you do.
Deb HuttonHOST
Then you have likely chuckled over an Andy Donato cartoon.
Deb HuttonHOST
For 65 years, Andy was part of the newspaper industry in our country and the vast majority of it spent with the Toronto Sun as their political cartoonist, drawing his last offering to Sun readers just over a week ago.
Deb HuttonHOST
September 6th, his last day on the job.
Deb HuttonHOST
Welcome back to the show, Adrienne.
Deb HuttonHOST
It's great to be with you, Deb.
Deb HuttonHOST
So tell me about your friend and colleague, Andy Donato.
Deb HuttonHOST
What do you want to say about him?
Jim RichardsHOST
And I just wanted all of us to note it.
Jim RichardsHOST
Here is what Laurie Goldstein on Jerry's show said about Andy Donato.
Lorrie GoldsteinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Andy's most famous as a cartoonist, but really along with people like Peter Wordington and Doug Creighton, If the son hadn't had Andy, I doubt there would have been a son.
Lorrie GoldsteinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I really do.