"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. De ...

NEW YORK — “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 franchise, has died. He was 98. De ...

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 ...

Laurent de Brunhoff, author of the "Babar" series, has died at the age of 98 in Key West, Florida. Laurent, son of Jean de Brunhoff, continued his father's legacy, publishing numerous books about the ...

Babar author Laurent de Brunhoff poses for a photograph with Babar while celebrating 75 years of the book on Friday, April 21, 2006 at Mabel’s Fables in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. De Brunhoff, a Paris ...

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Tucson Symphony Orchestra Music Director José Luis Gomez will be at the podium on Saturday, Feb. 24, when the orchestra performs the Family Series concert “The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant.” ...

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, has died.