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Ashley Bryan, children's illustrator and author, has died at 98

He created stories centered on African and African American folk tales and his vibrantly colored collage and paper-cut illustrations adorned the pages of some 50 books.
Children's author and illustrator Ashley Bryan has died at age 98.

Ashley Bryan, the celebrated children's book author and illustrator who created stories centered on African and African American folk tales, has died. He was 98.

Bryan's said he died Friday at the home of his niece. It noted that after his last birthday on July

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