Nightly News   |  February 27, 2012

Berenstain Bears creator dies

Jan Berenstain, who co-wrote and illustrated the beloved Berenstain Bears books alongside her husband, Stan, has died at the age of 88. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> record. jan berenstain died along with her husband stan. they created the berenstain bears . all those bear stories in the books were based on their family. mama and papa bear met each other at art school in 1941 , settled in philly, married and had two children. there are 260 million copies in print. january berenstain was 88 years old.