Charles Schulz

When I awoke on Sunday morning I was hit with such irony it made me cry. Charles M. Schulz had passed away the previous night and, much to my dismay, Sunday morning was going to be his last original comic strip of “Peanuts.” Thank you, Mr. Schulz, for entertaining me for all of my 38 years. God bless you.

CHUCK FERNANDEZ

Hollywood

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You were a good man, Charlie Schulz. Know that your humor, compassion and humanity will live on in the hearts and minds of those who pored over each morning’s newsprint to see if Charlie Brown would ever meet the little red-haired girl, whether Snoopy could shoot down the Red Baron, whether Lucy would (finally) hold her football in place and whether the Great Pumpkin would (as Linus predicted) rise on Halloween night to bring presents to all those who believed.

We believed. We hoped. We laughed. And we cried.

We are diminished by the loss of your talents and enriched by the joy you brought us.

Sleep well.

MICHAEL BRUCE ABELSON

Pasadena

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Linus, can we borrow your blanket? We need to pull it over our heads and be sad for awhile.

JERILYN PRIMM

Burbank

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No more “Good grief!” Greatest grief.

JAVAD HASHTROUDIAN

Hacienda Heights

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Ordinarily, I flip through the Sunday Times to find the Sports section. This Sunday, I first found the farewell strip of “Peanuts.” Having learned of Schulz’s death, I was moved to a point where we all hate to have to deal with--like losing a family member.

Charlie Brown meant more to most of us than we even care to admit. The lovable loser who could never pitch that winning game, who always ended up on his back after trying to kick the football, who bought the sorriest Christmas tree in the lot, left us all feeling better about ourselves. Charlie carried us all with the hope that we can succeed no matter what.

We’ll miss you, Charles (Charlie Brown) Schulz.

JIM HARRIS

Venice

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I learned to read by sitting on my father’s lap poring over books of “Peanuts” cartoons with him. For my entire life, the sophisticated humor and wisdom of Schulz’s characters has colored my sense of literacy and the world. When I have my own children they will learn to read by the same primer. For my family, the strip will never be retired.

Mr. Schulz, thank you so much for your life’s work, and may your cereal never grow soggy.

MONTANA MILLER

Los Angeles

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It was with a heavy heart that I learned of the passing of Schulz. We all learned something of ourselves because this dear man shared some of himself with us through “Peanuts.” We knew that “Peanuts” would not survive without Schulz, but little did we know that Schulz could not survive without “Peanuts.”

DAVID GRIGOLLA

Azusa

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A gentle passing for a gentle man.

JACK NARZ

Beverly Hills