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'Each Peach Pear Plum' author Allan Ahlberg dies at 87

Bestselling children's writer Allan Ahlberg has died at the age of 87. Many of his books -- like Each Peach Pear Plum and The Jolly Postman -- were illustrated by his wife, Janet, who died in 1990.

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Elizabeth Blair is a Peabody Award-winning senior producer/reporter on the Arts Desk of NPR News.
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