{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Author and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, heir of beloved 'Babar' series, dies at age 98","publication_date":"March 23, 2024","summary":"\"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.","author_name":"By Hillel Italie, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2024\/03\/87d6b5079e41b2b195e1e1d6f441e03d-GettyImages-733547983-1024x676.jpg","thumbnail_height":676,"thumbnail_width":1024}