Charles M. Schulz had a few unforgettable stories behind the creation of his Peanuts characters, though one of the best is about Linus van Pelt.

Charles M. Schulz created some of the kindest and most compassionate kids in comic strips when he created the beloved Peanuts comic strip series.

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Linus Maurer, whose friend Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wielding friend in "Peanuts," has died at age 90.

Iggy: Linus, there is no easy way to say this to you, but your mother is never going to recognize you again. Her condition is permanent.

Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wielding best friend Linus in his "Peanuts" comic ...

Linus Maurer, the namesake for the Peanuts character, stands by “Stars and Stripes” Linus, the statue he designed in 2003 in St. Paul. The statue was sold at the Linus auction in Landmark ...

Linus Maurer, 90, a fellow illustrator and cartoonist, was a longtime friend of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz.

The back story goes like this: The Linus character in Charles Schulz’s long-running “Peanuts” comic strip is named for Sleepy Eye native Linus Maurer, who taught cartooning with Schulz at a ...

The man who gave a name to Charles Schulz's beloved "Peanuts" character Linus died on Jan. 29 at the age of 90.