Good grief! 'Peanuts', loved by all and even in South-East Asia, celebrates 70th birthday

Kaley Williams, 8, paints a panel of a "Peanuts" mural that will be placed in the outpatient pediatric floor of One Brooklyn Health at Brookdale Hospital in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The virus pandemic won't stop Charlie Brown, Snoopy or the "Peanuts" gang from marking an important birthday and they're hoping to raise the spirits of sick kids while they celebrate. The beloved comic marks its 70th anniversary this week with new lesson plans, a new TV show and a philanthropic push that includes donating "Peanuts" murals for kids to paint in 70 children's hospitals around the globe, from Brooklyn to Brazil. - AP

NEW YORK, Oct 3 (AP): The virus pandemic won't stop Charlie Brown, Snoopy or the "Peanuts” gang from marking an important birthday and they're hoping to raise the spirits of sick kids while they celebrate.

The beloved comic, a character well known from US to South America to Europe and Asia including South-East Asia, celebrates its 70th anniversary this week with new lesson plans, the announcement of a new TV show and a philanthropic push that includes donating "Peanuts” murals for kids to paint in 70 children's hospitals around the globe, from Brooklyn to Brazil.