As Peanuts turns 75, Charles Schulz’s comic is more poignant than ever

SANTA ROSA, CA − Jeannie Schulz has a wicked sense of humor.

The 86-year-old widow of Charles Schulz, creator of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the not-so-merry Peanuts gang, has become the conservator of his legacy.

Schulz is among the owners of Peanuts Worldwide, through which all partnerships flow − from Snoopy-stamped Uniqlo T-shirts to a new Apple TV+ special. She sits down with USA TODAY in an office at her husband’s eponymous museum, filled to the brim with Peanuts paraphernalia…

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