It’s a sad day for the child in all of us as the creator of the Berenstain Bears Books and animations has passed on.
Children’s book legend Jan Berenstain — who co-created the Berenstain Bears — died Friday at 88-years-old after suffering a stroke … this according to her family.
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Privacy-first. No spam.Jan and her husband Stan Berenstain created the Bear family — Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Brother Bear and Sister Bear — back in 1962 … when they published their first book, “The Big Honey Hunt.”
Since then, they fired out more than 300 stories.
According to Jan’s son, Jan suffered a severe stroke on Thursday and died the following day.
Stan died back in 2005 at the age of 82.
They are survived by their sons and four grandchildren. -TMZ.com
