How well do you remember the story of Babar the Elephant? In many ways, the French children’s book, created in 1931 by Jean de Brunhoff, is the story of a renaissance man. Despite a tragic ...

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 ...

"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. He was 98 ...

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.

Author of the "Babar" books, Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture book series about an elephant-king, has died at 98.

Laurent de Brunhoff, the artist who brought beloved the children's character Babar the elephant to life, has died. He was 98. According to the New York Times, de Brunhoff died on Friday at his ...

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(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.

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.

Laurent de Brunhoff, the artist who brought beloved the children's character Babar the elephant to life, has died. He was 98.

Laurent de Brunhoff, whose father created the “Babar” series before dying of tuberculosis, continued producing the popular children’s books for more than 70 years.