Read more Bil Keane stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31079/bil-keane.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 15:11:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/132951/family-circus-creator-bil-keane-dead-at-89.htmlKate Schwartz<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=850700&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111109125159' border='0' />Family Circle creator Bil Keane, whose single-panel cartoons have appeared in newspapers across the country for some 50 years, died yesterday. He was 89. The AP recounts a 1995 conversation with Keane, in which he attributed his comic's staying power to its simplicity and consistency. "It's reassuring, I think, to...Bil Keane's goal: "I would rather have the readers react with a warm smile, a tug at the heart or a lump in the throat as they recall doing the same things in their own families."http://www.newser.com/story/132951/family-circus-creator-bil-keane-dead-at-89.htmlWed, 09 Nov 2011 12:51:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28423/family-circus-mommy-dies-at-82.htmlPeter Fearon<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=107465&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401012545' border='0' />The inspiration for the mom in the popular Family Circus cartoon has died at the age of 82 of Alzheimer's disease. Thelma Keane was the wife of cartoonist Bil Keane, who based the long-running strip of domestic hilarity on the couple's experience raising five children, reports the Arizona Republic . "I...Thelma Keane, wife of "Family Circus" cartoonist Bil Keane and the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running comic. She has died of Alzheimer's disease at 82. http://www.newser.com/story/28423/family-circus-mommy-dies-at-82.htmlMon, 26 May 2008 02:42:31 CDT