Barbapapa co-creator Talus Taylor dies at 82

Talus Taylor, co-creator of the beloved Barbapapa franchise, died on February 19, 2015, at age 82. The news was announced on March 2 by Le Figaro. Taylor, born in San Francisco in 1933, met his wife and creative partner Annette Tison in Paris. Together they created Barbapapa in 1970, spawning a TV series, comic books, and a 1973 feature film. The shape-shifting, environmentally conscious characters became cultural icons for generations born in the 1970s and 1980s, promoting values of tolerance, ecology, and imagination. Taylor lived a private life, rarely giving interviews. His death prompted global tributes celebrating his gentle genius and the immortal creatures that taught children to reshape the world for the better.