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Essay / Charles Schulz Research Paper - 1170
Charles was inspired by Milton Caniff and Bill Mauldin. Charles only took a five-week vacation from the cartoon in late 1997. In 1951, Charles moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he married Joyce Halverson. Later, his son, Monte, was born in Colorado. Her three other children were born in Minnesota, except for their adopted daughter, Meredith Hodges. He painted a wall in Colorado for his daughter Meredith. The wall had Patty, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. The wall was removed in 2001 to be donated to the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California. Schulz's family remained in Minneapolis until 1958. Then they moved to Sebastopol, California, where Schulz built his first studio. It was in this studio that Schulz was interviewed for the unaired television documentary A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Some footage was later used in a documentary called Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz. New television specials have been produced since Charles' death, but the stories originate from earlier comics. In November 1999, Charles had a stroke. Later, after the stroke, he discovered he had colon cancer. He announced his retirement on December 14, 1999. Retiring was very difficult for