LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Cartoonist William Hamilton, whose work for The New Yorker magazine satirized the wealthy, has died in a car accident in Kentucky. He was 76.

Kerr Brothers Funeral Home manager Virginia Kerr in Lexington confirmed Hamilton’s death Monday.

In his 51-year career, Hamilton’s cartoons often focused on money and depicted corporate executives or characters in suits and gowns in lavish dining settings or parties.

In a 1988 interview with The New York Times, Hamilton said his interest with people in high society came from “being near money, but far enough away that I couldn’t quite get my fingers around it.”

New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff said Monday that Hamilton was “witty in a cutting way.”