PHOENIX — Steve Benson, a Pulitzer-Prize winning political cartoonist who worked for the Arizona Mirror and the Arizona Republic, has died at the age of 71, according to an Arizona Mirror report.

Steve Benson, the former Arizona Republic cartoonist who skewered a generation of politicians, died at 71.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Arizona political cartoonist Steve Benson dies Benson authored incisive cartoons for the Arizona Republic and the Arizona Mirror. His work also appeared in New Times.