In this photo taken Sunday Dec. 1, 2013, Tomie dePaola laughs as he signs books at the Morgan Hill Bookstore in New London, N.H. The beloved children's author and illustrator has died at the age of 85. DePaola delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy. His literary agent says dePaola died Monday from surgery complications after taking a bad fall last week. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
March 30, 2020
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March 30, 2020 4:53 p.m.
'Strega Nona' author Tomie dePaola is dead at age 85
CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) — Tomie dePaola, the prolific children's author and illustrator who delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy, died Monday at age 85.