Maailman tunnetuin omakustantaja on poissa. Onneksi käreä-ääninen levyfriikki ja lievä egomaani Pekar ehti kokea valtayleisönkin suosion.
Kuolinsyy selvinnee ruumiinavauksessa, mutta vaivojahan hänellä riitti uusiutuneesta eturauhassyövästä masennukseen.
CLEVELAND HTS., Ohio -- Famed underground comic writer Harvey Pekar was found dead in his Cleveland Heights home on Monday morning, according to officials with the Cuyahoga County Coroners Office.
Spokesperson Powell Caesar tells Fox 8 News Pekar, 70, was discovered by his wife, Joyce, shortly before 1:00 a.m. The coroner's office says it does not appear that foul play or trauma were involved in Pekar's death. Pekar had been suffering from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression.