'Family Circus' Creator Bil Keane Dies

Creator from the popular Family Circus comic strip, Bil Keane, died of congestive heart failure Tuesday, November. 8 at his home in Paradise Valley, AZ the Connected Press reviews. He was 89.our editor recommendsHollywood's Notable Deaths PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths Keane's one-panel strip, that they produced in Feb of 1960, featured the now-broadly-known children Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, P.J. as well as their parents and was transported by nearly 1,500 newspapers through the country. The artist's boy, Shaun, had absorbed the comic recently after his father's retirement. Shaun told the AP Keane had among his other sons by his side when he died, and was visited by all his five children and nine grandchildren as well as great-grandchildren within the last week. "He stated, 'I adore you' which's things i stated to him, that is a terrific way to venture out,Inch Shaun told the AP from the last conversation he'd together with his father. "The truly amazing factor is Father loved the household a lot, so the truth that all of us saw him, I believe that gave him great comfort making his passing easy. Fortunately he didn't endure several things.Inch Keane was created in Philadelphia, PA in 1922 and trained themself to draw senior high school. Related Subjects Obituaries