
'Peanuts' creator Charles M. Schulz dies at 77
Charles M. Schulz, the cartoonist
who delighted the world with the adventures and
adversities of Charlie Brown, his friends and a dog
named Snoopy, died on Saturday on the eve of the
publication of his last "Peanuts" strip.
He was 77.
Schulz, who was diagnosed with colon cancer and
suffered a series of small strokes during emergency
abdominal surgery in November 1999 and announced his
retirement a few weeks afterward, died in his sleep
at about 9:45 p.m., his son Craig Schulz said.
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