John Cross / The Free Press via AP
In a Sept. 23, 2003, file photo, the real Linus, artist Linus Maurer, cuts a ribbon after unveiling a statue of Linus of "Peanuts" fame during a ceremony at his hometown of Sleepy Eye, Minn. Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend Charles Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown’s sidekick, has died.
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