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   which he was inspired to write after being diagnosed with cataracts. Mr.   
   Feiffer’s choice as illustrator was fitting, Mr. Rosenblatt wrote in a   
   Times opinion essay, because Mr. Feiffer, although still able to draw, was   
   having vision problems of his own: He was suffering from macular   
   degeneration.   
      
   In a 2024 interview with Scott Simon on the NPR program “Weekend Edition   
   Saturday,” Mr. Feiffer cited loss of hearing and “a couple of heart   
   attacks” as other manifestations of his advancing years.   
      
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   Mr. Feiffer at his home in 2024. “Amazing Grapes,” his first graphic novel   
   for middle-school-age children, was published that year.Credit...Tony   
   Cenicola/The New York Times   
   But theater and movies beckoned almost to the end. In January 2018,   
   “Bernard and Huey,” an independent film written by Mr. Feiffer and   
   directed by Dan Mirvish, closed the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City,   
   Utah. Like “Carnal Knowledge,” it offers a reunion between two old friends   
   — one of them, of course, Bernard.   
      
   When Mr. Feiffer was interviewed by Mr. Simon in 2024, the occasion was   
   the publication of “Amazing Grapes,” his first graphic novel for middle-   
   school-age children.   
      
   “Are you on to the next project already?” Mr. Simon asked the   
   indefatigable Mr. Feiffer, who had turned 95 that year. “Of course,” he   
   replied. “What a foolish question. Of course.”   
      
   Ash Wu contributed reporting.   
      
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