Peyo
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Birthname | Culliford, Pierre Andre Gabriel | ||||
born on | 25 June 1928 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Brussels, Belgium, 50n50, 4e20 | ||||
Timezone | WEST h1e (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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Biography
Belgian comics writer and artist, a giant in his field, whose best-known works are the comic strips The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit, in which the Smurfs first appeared in 1958. Hanna-Barbera in the USA created a Saturday morning animated TV series, The Smurfs, in 1981 for which Peyo served as story supervisor.
On Christmas Eve 1992, Peyo died of a heart attack in Brussels at age 64. Since his death, Peyo's children have continued to promote his work under the brand "Peyo".
Relationships
- associate relationship with Gieter, Lucien de (born 4 September 1932). Notes: Comic collaborators
Events
Source Notes
Jany Bessiere quotes B.C. in INFOsophia, 1/93.
Categories
- Traits : Body : Race (English father, Belgian mother)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack (Terminal)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Heart attack)
- Personal : Misc. : Changed name
- Vocation : Art : Cartoonist (Creator of the "Smurfs")
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
- Vocation : Writers : Humor
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
Categories:
- 1928 births
- Birthday 25 June
- Birthplace Brussels, BEL
- Sun 3 Cancer
- Moon 7 Libra
- Asc 22 Leo
- 1992 deaths
- Traits : Body : Race
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Misc. : Changed name
- Vocation : Art : Cartoonist
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
- Vocation : Writers : Humor
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession