KEY WEST, Fla. — Laurent de Brunhoff, the French artist who revived his father’s popular picture book series about Babar, an elephant-king, died Friday. He was 98. According to his widow, Phyllis Rose ...

Laurent de Brunhoff carried on his father's legacy by writing over 45 books featuring Babar the elephant Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

(CNN) — Writer and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, who continued his father’s legacy by producing dozens of original books for his “Babar the Elephant” series, has died aged 98. De Brunhoff died at ...

NEW YORK -- Once upon a time, a woman who belonged to an illustrious French publishing family was trying to get her two young sons to sleep. Perhaps sensing the fascination children have with very ...

Laurent de Brunhoff, the French artist and author who popularized a cartoon elephant king who ruled in children’s literature and entertainment for decades, died Friday at his home in Key West, Fla., ...

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