KEY WEST, Fla. — 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. According to his widow, Phyllis Rose ...

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 ...

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 his home ...

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.