The Washington Times

'Peanuts' creator Schulz's love notes to go up for auction

The late “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz was once so infatuated with a young woman 23 years his junior he sent her dozens of romantic letters and drawings.

Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz draws a picture of his cartoon character Charlie Brown in his Sebastopol, Calif., home in a 1966 photo. Before "Peanuts," Schulz taught art with two men named Charles Brown and Linus Maurer. He dated a little red-haired girl who crushed his heart. He felt loss, isolation and a burning passion to be a cartoonist. (AP Photo

Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz draws a picture of his cartoon character Charlie Brown in his Sebastopol, Calif., home in a 1966 photo. Before "Peanuts," Schulz taught art with two men named Charles Brown and Linus Maurer. He dated a little red-haired girl who crushed his heart. He felt loss, isolation and a burning passion to be a cartoonist. (AP Photo

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