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‘Berenstain Bears’ Co-Creator Dies at 88

ALTJan Berenstain, co-creator (along with her late husband, Stan) of the Berenstain Bears series of children’s books, passed away on Friday, one day after suffering a severe stroke. She was 88.

The Berenstains’ first such book, The Big Honey Hunt, was published in 1962. Over 300 more Berenstain titles have been published since then — all inspired by the same thing: the real-life Berenstain family.

The aforementioned Stan Berenstain died in 2005 at the age of 82, at which point their son Mike began collaborating with Jan.

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Mike Berenstain issued the following statement to The Associated Press regarding his mother’s death: “Every day she was very productive. She was working on two books and had been doing illustrations until the day before she passed away.”

Source: EW

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