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Vick dog inspired 'Bloom County,' 'Opus' creator

Berkeley Breathed answers the door to his Santa Barbara home, a tall, slender figure in suede cowboy boots.

Elvis, Marvin Gaye shake moneymakers in afterlife

Elvis Presley may have left the building three decades ago, but he raked in more money last year than many living titans of the music industry

Time.com: Peanuts Animator Melendez Dies at 91

Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91

People.com: Longtime Peanuts Animator Dies

Bill Melendez, 91, drew more than 70 TV specials for Snoopy and friends, including A Charlie Brown Christmas

The sad, wonderful, complicated life of Charles M. Schulz

Who was the real Charles M. Schulz?

I-Reporters share memories of Schulz, 'Peanuts' gang

David Michaelis' new biography of Charles M. Schulz explores the man behind "Peanuts," the comic strip that has delighted readers for decades. CNN.com appealed to fans out there to say what Linus, Lucy and Charlie Brown meant to them.

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