Writers Death

Full Name at Birth: Janice Marian Grant
Age: 88 (age at death)
Date of Birth: 26 July, 1923
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of Death: 24 February, 2012
Location of Death: New Hope, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Stroke

Death Summary: Jan died in the hospital one day after suffering a stroke without regaining consciousness.

Who was Jan Berenstain : Jan Berenstain was the wife of Stan Berenstain, the duo were writers and illustrators, who are best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears.

Full Name at Birth: Charles Monroe Schulz
Age: 77 (age at death)
Date of Birth: 26 November, 1922
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
Date of Death: 12 February, 2000
Location of Death: Santa Rosa, California, USA
Cause of Death: Colon cancer
Height: 6' (183 cm)

Death Summary: In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later discovered he had colon cancer that had metastasized. As a result of the chemotherapy and poor vision Schulz announced his retirement on December 14, 1999. This was very difficult for the artist.

According to Wikipedia, he is quoted saying to Al Roker on The Today Show, I never dreamed that this would happen to me. I always had the feeling that I would stay with the strip until I was in my early eighties, or something like that. But all of sudden it's gone. I did not take it away. This has been taken away from me."

Schulz died from complications related to colon cancer at 9:45 p.m. on February 12, 2000. He is buried in the Pleasant Hills Cemetery in Sebastopol.

The last original Peanuts comic strip ran the day after his death. Schulz had often predicted that the strip would outlive him.

Who was Charles M. Schulz : Schulz was a beloved cartoonist who is best known for his Peanuts comic strip.

He got his start in comics after he submitted one of his drawings to The Saturday Evening Post, they paid him $40 and asked that he send more. Schulz sent in a total of 13 comics before he ended his partnership with the publication.

Peanuts debuted on October 2, 1950; it would go on to become one of the most popular comic strips of all time.

Schulz drew most of his inspirations for Peanuts from his own life, even the main characters. Schulz’s father was a barber and his mother was a housewife (like Charlie Brown), Linus and Shermy were based on his good friends, Lucy was inspired by his first wife, Peppermint Patty was inspired from a cousin, and “The Little Red Haired Girl” that Charlie Brown is always pining over is based after a girl that Schulz had intended on marrying… but let her slip away.

Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years without interruption and appeared in more than 2, 600 newspapers in 75 countries.

Full Name at Birth: Theodor Seuss Geisel
Age: 87 (age at death)
Date of Birth: 2 March, 1904
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Date of Death: 24 September, 1991
Location of Death: La Jolla, California, USA
Cause of Death: throat Cancer

Death Summary: Dr. Seuss died of cancer at the age of 87 in his home in La Jolla, California.

At his request, no funeral was planned and his body was cremated.

Who was Dr. Seuss : Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel got his start drawing political cartoons and served in the animation department of the United States Air Force.

Of course, he is known for his time-honored children's books that stood out from the rest thanks to his illustrations, his creation of non-existent words, and positive messages that were laced within the pages.

Some of his popular books include: The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Green Eggs and Ham, The Sneetches and Other Stories, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax, The Butter Battle Book, Fox in Socks, and many more.

Though childless himself, he touched the lives of many, many children through his books and will continue to so for ages to come.

Full Name at Birth: Elzie Crisler Segar
Age: 43 (age at death)
Date of Birth: 8 December 1894
Birthplace: Chester, Illinois
Date of Death: 13 October 1938
Location of Death: Santa Monica, California

Death Summary: Segar was only 43 years old when he passed away from liver disease after a long struggle with being ill.

After his death, his assistant Bud Sagendorf took over duties on Popeye and continued to create the comic strip for many years to come.

Who was E.C. Segar : Elzie Crisler Segar was a cartoonist whose claim to fame was being the creator of everybody's favorite spinach-eating seaman Popeye the Sailor Man.

Segar's Popeye cartoon originally appeared in 1929 in the "Thimble Theatre" comic section of the New York Journal.

Interestingly enough, Segar had been contributing cartoons to this publication for a decade prior to Popeye's appearance, and Olive Oyl from the Popeye cartoons was one of the main characters along with Castor Oyl and Ham Gravy.