Albert Uderzo, co-creator of French comics series Asterix, dies at 92

Albert Uderzo, a French illustrator who co-created Asterix the Gaul, the diminutive, blond-haired warrior who became one of the world’s most recognizable and beloved cartoon characters, died March 24 at his home in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was 92.

His son-in-law, Bernard de Choisy, told French media the cause was a heart attack.