{"id":295578,"date":"2017-02-18T16:54:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T16:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=295578"},"modified":"2017-02-18T16:54:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T16:54:39","slug":"best-selling-miffy-the-rabbit-author-dick-bruna-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/best-selling-miffy-the-rabbit-author-dick-bruna-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Best-selling Miffy the rabbit author Dick Bruna dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Dutch creator of Miffy the cartoon rabbit has died aged 89, his publishers have announced.<\/p>\n
Writer and illustrator Dick Bruna died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday night in the Dutch city of Utrecht.<\/p>\n
He created the much loved character in 1955 as a story to entertain his young son. More than 80 million Miffy books have been sold globally.<\/p>\n
Over the years, Bruna wrote more than 100 books but Miffy was by far his most popular and enduring character.<\/p>\n
At first, he was uncertain whether the rabbit was a boy or a girl, but settled the matter by putting her in a dress for the sixth book, Miffy’s Birthday, in 1970.<\/p>\n