Thank you, Mr Huld. You have inspired generations of travellers. R.I.P.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/arts/television/06huld.html

Palle Huld, Danish Actor Said to Be Model for Tintin, Dies at 98

By MARGALIT FOX

Published: December 5, 2010

Palle Huld, a Danish actor whose fleet, youthful and highly public circumnavigation of the globe as a cowlicked teenager is believed to have inspired the popular comic-book character Tintin, died on Nov. 26 in Copenhagen. He was 98.

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Palle Huld, in 1928, as a teenager about to see the world.

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One of the books featuring Tintin, the traveling teenager.

His death was widely reported in Danish newspapers.
Created by the Belgian artist Hergé (the pseudonym of Georges Remi), Tintin was a snub-nosed teenage reporter who traveled the world with his trusty dog, Snowy, doing good deeds and foiling bad men.

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