4 Oct 2010 - Happy Birthday Charlie Brown! Peanuts, the iconic comic strip that became a favorite of hundreds of millions of people all over the world is celebrating its 60th anniversary. It means that Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and Lucy also turn 60 this week. The original strip, by Charles Schulz, first ran on 2 October 1950. The cartoon was published until 13 February 2000, the day after Schulz's death at the age of 77. It has appeared in more than 2,000 newspapers in 72 countries in 21 languages. A year long tribute to Schulz and to the Peanuts characters is scheduled for in the USA and around the world. In Hong Kong, a jewelry designer created a 14cm Snoopy crafted of diamonds and rubies, weighing 207 carats. One wonders what Charlie Brown would think of that?
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