Canadian newspaper cartoonist under fire for showing Trudeau dying in an avalanche of the upcoming election, after the PM’s brother was fatally swept off by one in 1998 Theo Moudakis was blasted on social media for a cartoon he made for the Friday's Toronoto Star The cartoon showed the bundled prime minister walking as an impending '2019 election' avalanche makes its way towards him Many took issue with the cartoon, citing the death of Trudeau's youngest brother - Michel In 1998, Michel Trudeau presumably drowned in the Kokanee Lake after he was blasted off the Kokanee Glacier Park trail in British Columbia By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 03:04 GMT, 1 March 2019 | Updated: 03:05 GMT, 1 March 2019 Viewcomments A Canadian newspaper cartoonist received fierce backlash on Twitter after he shared cartoon for Friday that showed Justin Trudeau about to be crushed by an avalanche, seemingly forgetting that Trudeau's own brother died in an avalanche in 1998. Theo Moudakis, an award-winning cartoonist with the Toronto Star, found himself on the defensive when people lambasted him for the 'inappropriate' image. The cartoon - which was to come out on Friday - showed the bundled prime minister walking as an impending '2019 election' avalanche makes its way towards him. Theo Moudakis was blasted on social media for a cartoon he made for the Friday's Toronoto Star. The cartoon - which was to come out on Friday - showed the bundled prime minister walking as an impending '2019 election' avalanche makes its way towards him Many took issue with the cartoon, citing the death of Trudeau's youngest brother - Michel 'Trudeau's walk in the snow,' the cartoon is captioned. In the cartoon, Many took issue with the cartoon, citing the death of Trudeau's youngest brother - Michel. In 1998, Michel Trudeau presumably drowned in the Kokanee Lake after he was blasted off the Kokanee Glacier Park trail in British Columbia, the CBC reports. 'Major offside, @TorontoStar,' asserted Anthony Reinhart. 'The cartoon depicts the 2019 election as an avalanche breading down on Trudeau. His brother, Michel, was killed in an avalanche. Incredibly poor taste.' In 1998, Michel Trudeau presumably drowned in the Kokanee Lake after he was blasted off the Kokanee Glacier Park trail in British Columbia The sentiment was shared by Charles Vennant, who said: 'This is completely inappropriate and should be taken down immediately. You owe an apology to the entire Trudeau family. Classless and disgusting cartoon.' 'I'm hardly a JT fan but given the Trudeau family history this is NOT an appropriate cartoon. I urge you reconsider,' continued a different user. 'Im not a fan of Trudeau & he has a lot of splainin to do but this cartoon was beyond reprehensible. You should be f@cking ashamed,' added another user. A user said: 'Thoughtless of the Star cartoonist and the editors to not see how tasteless his cartoon was. An apology to Maggie and Sacha is also in order. Michel's body has yet to be recovered.' Following the backlash, Moudakis took to his Twitter and apologized for his mistake. 'I've deleted tomorrow's cartoon and it won't be running in the Star,' the cartoonist said in a Thursday tweet. 'It was a thoughtless oversight, my apologies to the PM.' In the comment section of that post, folks commended Moudakis for apologizing. Following the backlash, Moudakis took to his Twitter and apologized for his mistake Trudeau is currently up for reelection in Canada Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility