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Thelma "Thel" Keane (née Carne; March 15, 1926 – May 23, 2008) was the Australian-born American wife of The Family Circus newspaper cartoonist, Bil Keane. Keane served as her husband's inspiration and model for the "Mommy" character in his long-running comic strip [1] and was instrumental in restoring the copyrights for The Family ...
May 26, 2008 · PHOENIX (AP) — Thelma Keane, the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running "Family Circus" comic created by her husband, Bil Keane, has died. She was 82. She died Friday of Alzheimer's disease, the family said.
May 27, 2008 · Thelma Keane, 82, the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running comic strip "Family Circus" created by her husband, Bil Keane, died Friday of Alzheimer's...
May 25, 2008 · Thelma Keane, the wife of "Family Circus" cartoonist Bil Keane and the inspiration for the Mommy character, right, in the long-running comic, has died of Alzheimer's disease at age...
Jun 10, 2024 · PHOENIX — Thelma Keane, the wife of "Family Circus" cartoonist Bil Keane and the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running comic, has died of Alzheimer's disease. She was 82.
May 26, 2008 · Thelma Keane, the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running "Family Circus" comic created by her husband, Bil Keane, has died. She was 82.
May 25, 2008 · Thelma Keane Obituary. KEANE, Thelma Thelma Keane, wife of cartoonist Bil Keane and model for the character of Mommy in the newspaper comic "Family Circus," died Friday, May 23, 2008 of...
