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Talus Taylor, the man who created Barbapapa, has died

Barbapapa

The name of cartoonist and writer Talus Taylor is known to very few people, but to everyone who is at least twenty years old, his character Barbapapa and the cartoon of the same name, which was once subscribed to a children's morning program on Slovenian national television, are much more familiar. His wife was also behind the pink character, which was created 45 years ago. He passed quietly, as he had lived, aged 82.

to an American To Talus Taylor and his wife Annette Tison, the pink mass figure, Barbapapa, was born in the month of love long ago in 1970, as they roamed the Luxembourg Park in the city of love, Paris. This is where Talus heard it screaming child, which, not knowing French, he only understood as "baa baa baa baa baa". Then the wife appears, a French woman, who explained to him that she wants a child "la barbe a papa" or after ours, father's beard, which is another name for the French sugar foam. A sketch on a paper napkin followed, and the rest is history.

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Talusu Taylor and his wife Annette Tison with Barbapapa.
Talusu Taylor and his wife Annette Tison with Barbapapa.

At first, Barbapapa was just a character on paper, in 1976 but she also made her way onto television screens and made her mark many childhoods, including Slovenian.

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