Beetle Bailey creator reaps honors at 90th.

STAMFORD, Conn. -- Beetle Bailey was known to be a lazy Army private, but the creator of the popular comic strip is getting accolades from top military brass and others as he celebrates his 90th birthday.

Mort Walker is receiving good wishes from Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Dolly Parton and even Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Walker's birthday is Sept. 3. He lives in Stamford, Conn.

He told The Associated Press in 2010 as the comic strip...

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