Norman Bridwell, Author of "Clifford the Big Red Dog", Dies at 86

[Wolfgirl1515]

[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/books/norman-bridwell-creator-of-clifford-the-big-red-dog-books-dies-at-86.html?_r=0[/url]

[quote]Norman Bridwell, the creator of Clifford the Big Red Dog, a figure who looms as large in toddler lit as the great white whale does in the American canon, died on Friday in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard. He was 86.

Kyle Good, a spokeswoman for Scholastic Books, which over the past half-century has published dozens of Clifford titles by Mr. Bridwell, confirmed his death without specifying a cause. Mr. Bridwell’s wife of 56 years, Norma, told The Associated Press that he had prostate cancer and that he had been in the hospital for three weeks after a fall at his Martha’s Vineyard home in Edgartown.[/quote]

Way to close this year out, may his soul rest in peace. He'll party it out with Clifford's voice actor.

[DEATH FETISH]

aw no

that's one way to damage childhood memories

[FreakyMe]

Absolutely no disrespect intended, [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hug_UyyTv7Y"]but this came to mind. [/URL]

Sad to hear he passed - I remember loving the series when I was young and learning to read.

[Snickerdoodle]

Have a trip back into memory lane

[video=youtube;nWwIyKOCrd8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWwIyKOCrd8[/video]

[Minilandstan]

Aww I loved that show, and that dog with the three legs.