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McDonnell, who is a member of the board of directors of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, dreamed up the tribute and he and B次元官网网址淛umpStartB次元官网网址� cartoonist Robb Armstrong contacted the various cartoon syndicates with their plan.
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For his tribute, McDonnell repaid a kindness Schulz gave him. In a B次元官网网址淧eanutsB次元官网网址� strip from 1999, Schulz drew his cartoon boys and girls visiting a museum and Rerun off on the side looking up with respect at a painting of the dog Earl from B次元官网网址淢utts.B次元官网网址�
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The strip offered enduring images of kites in trees, Charlie Brown trying to kick a football, tart-tongued Lucy handing out advice for a nickel at what looked like a lemonade stand and Snoopy taking the occasional flight of fancy to the skies. Phrases such as B次元官网网址渟ecurity blanketB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址済ood griefB次元官网网址� are a part of the global vernacular. Schulz died in 2000.
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B次元官网网址擬ark Kennedy, The Associated Press
