Children's author Beverly Cleary, creator of Ramona Quimby, dead at 104


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1998 file photo of Beverly Cleary signing books at the Monterey Bay Book Festival in Monterey. The beloved children's author, the creator of iconic characters including Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died at 104. Photo: AP

American children's author Beverly Cleary, the creator of iconic characters including Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died at 104, her publisher said Friday.

The librarian-turned-writer died on Thursday in Carmel, California, her home since the 1960s, Harper Collins Publishers said in a statement.

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