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Janosch

Died November 3, 2026

Janosch died on November 3, 2026. No official cause of death has been released. Readers are working out what happened on this page.

Horst Eckert, better known by his pen name Janosch, was a German author and illustrator of children's books. He gained fame for his character Tigerente, a tiger-duck hybrid.


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Wikipedia's entry on the day: Janosch, 95, German children's author and illustrator.


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