Charles Schulz's Former Home Burned Down
By StacyB
@Srbageldog (7716)
United States
October 13, 2017 7:02am CST
I am so saddened to hear that Peanuts' creator Charles Schulz's home was lost to one of the many fires burning in California.
His widow, who still lived there, managed to get to safety, but the home burned to the ground and all the memorabilia inside has been destroyed. Fortunately his original drawings are safe in the Charles Schulz Museum, which hasn't been effected by the fire. I hope it stays that way. I am a huge Peanuts fan and it makes me feel sick to my stomach thinking that all his original artwork may be in danger of being lost.
California’s deadly wildfires have claimed the home of ‘Peanuts’ creator Charles Schulz but his widow has escaped the flames.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Oct 17
I have been to the museum. Thank goodness it wasn't effected. It's a good one.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
13 Oct 17
I feel sorry for those people that who lost their homes that they worked so hard to built..
It's just horrible to be homeless.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
13 Oct 17
Me too. It's awful for all who have been effected. 
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
13 Oct 17
Sorry for Charles Schulz and family as I`m also one of the big fan of Peanuts
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
13 Oct 17
His son lost his home in the fire too.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
13 Oct 17
@Srbageldog , this is just bad news. If you are interested in looking at this I have watched a video provided by CNN in a link I want to share here:
More than a dozen wildfires are scorching Northern California, aided by low humidity and high winds. Here are some eye-popping numbers that tell the scope of the tragedy.
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I hope they can still recover the house after 
@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
13 Oct 17
To my understanding, most of his memorabilia (including original artwork) is kept at the Charles Schulz Museum, which has not (yet) been effected by the fire. Hopefully no damage will come to it. Still -- what a loss. I wonder what was kept in the home too. I am glad his widow is safe, but how heartbreaking for her. I suppose it would be like losing him all over again.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
13 Oct 17
it's so sad. i hope it will be contained soon. i loved snoopy.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
14 Oct 17
Homes lost, but what bothers me most are the lives that have been lost.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
14 Oct 17
@Srbageldog such a sad situation. I hope they get the fires under control soon.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Oct 17
Yes, there have been a total of at least 32 lives lost last I heard, with hundred of people still unaccounted for.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Oct 17
@ElusiveButterfly I hope so too. I just watched a video taken by a drone over Santa Rosa...it is literally a wasteland. Everything has been incinerated. At least in that neighborhood.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Oh that is very very sad to hear Stacy.
I too loved Peanuts.
That fire was catastrophic.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
15 Oct 17
@Srbageldog I have not seen any of the videos..but I am sure I will take a look at them sometime soon..I am almost scared to see them you know? Hard to look at and I cannot imagine what they are going through either.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Oct 17
@TiarasOceanView Some neighborhoods are completely incinerated.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Oct 17
If you look at the videos of the burned down neighborhoods in Santa Rosa, it is literally a wasteland. I can't imagine what they are going through.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Oct 17
Yes, it is very sad. I feel bad for his widow, but also am glad she is safe.
@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
13 Oct 17
His creations will live on in my heart and those of my friends and family who all enjoyed watching Snoopy and Charlie Brown movies as well as Peanuts in the local Dallas Morning News papers.
Yes, it had to be a terrible thing for this fire to do such destruction.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
13 Oct 17
look at this article from The Dallas Morning News:
A Charlie Brown Christmas -- the classic TV special about childhood innocence and the true meaning of the holidays -- has landed Texas school...
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
13 Oct 17
@Srbageldog , I can relate. I drew some pictures using a pencil on regular paper when I was just a kid myself. I grew up with this icon of human compassion and morality from both the tv cartoons and the news paper. I even owned a dog that was just like Snoopy. He had a dog house that looked exactly the same and he never slept inside it. Only just outside. Pepper dog was my dog's name, God rest his soul.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
13 Oct 17
@lookatdesktop Charles Schulz is a good person to look up to, and his comics have many life lessons we all can learn from. That is cute that you had a dog like Snoopy and that he had a dog house just like Snoopy's that he wouldn't sleep in. Did he also have a little yellow birdie friend who followed him around? 
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Oct 17
I am glad she is safe, although I love Peanuts, in the end its all just stuff
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Oct 17
You are right. Most of his collection is in a museum anyway.
