“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, has died at 98 years old. De Brunhoff, a Paris native who moved to the United States in the 1980s, died at his home in Key West, Florida,…

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Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, known for her advocacy of numerous causes, including mental health, and the wife of former President Jimmy Carter, died at 96 on Sunday, November 19th. She was recently admitted to hospice care at her home in Plains, Georgia. In May 2023, her family announced that she had been diagnosed with…

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Sarah Young, the best-selling author of the favored devotional book, “Jesus Calling,” has died at 77 years old. Her passing was publicly announced in a statement from her publisher, HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Mark Schoenwald, President and CEO of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, said in a statement shared on the “Jesus Calling” Instagram account, “Sarah was a…

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Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “No Country for Old Men” and “The Road,” died at 89. His son, John McCarthy, confirmed his death by natural causes, according to a statement from his publisher. McCarthy was criticized and respected for his morally ambiguous, brutally violent and often bleak novels where men were pitted against…

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