NEW YORK (AP) — "Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise,
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"Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture book series about an elephant-king, has died at 98 after being in hospice care for two weeks. De Brunhoff was a Paris native who moved to the U.S. in the 1980s. He died Friday at his home in Key West, Florida. Just 12 years old when his father, Jean de Brunhoff, died of tuberculosis, Laurent drew upon his own gifts as a painter and storyteller and as an adult released dozens of books about the elephant who reigns over Celesteville, among them "Babar at the Circus" and "Babar's Yoga for Elephants."
Just 12 years old when his father, Jean de Brunhoff, died of tuberculosis, Laurent was an adult when he drew upon his own gifts as a painter and storyteller and released dozens of books about the elephant who reigns over Celesteville.
"Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father s popular picture book series about an elephant-king, has died at 98 after being in hospice care for two weeks. De Brunhoff