26 Years Later, Charlie Brown's Final Quote Is Still a Heartbreaking Comic Strip Classic

Charles Schulz's retirement took the world a little by surprise. Following a period of failing health, Schulz announced on Dec. 14, 1999 that he would end Peanuts. He could no longer see clearly, he'd been diagnosed with colon cancer, and he needed to focus on his health. As a result, Peanuts came to a relatively sudden stop nine weeks later, after newspapers had worked through Schulz's existing backlog.