Robert Short | Theologian, author, 76
Robert Short, 76, the author and theologian who wrote The Gospel According to Peanuts, died Monday.
Mr. Short died in Little Rock, said the Little Rock Funeral Home. A cause of death was not given.
The Presbyterian minister wrote The Gospel According to Peanuts with the blessing of the cartoon's creator, Charles Schulz. The book first was published in 1965.
The publisher, Westminster John Knox Press, said the book has been translated into 11 languages and has sold more than 10 million copies.
He wrote seven other books, two with Peanuts themes, The Parables of Peanuts and Short Meditations on the Bible and Peanuts. - AP
