{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"'Strega Nona' author Tomie dePaola is dead at age 85","publication_date":"March 31, 2020","summary":"Tomie dePaola, the prolific children's author and illustrator who delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy, died Monday at age 85.\r\n","author_name":"By Kathy McCormack, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/03\/92db0d2e96ca98bc248fd9cd995c327d-GettyImages-80904125-1024x707.jpg","thumbnail_height":707,"thumbnail_width":1024}