Little Orphan Annie, the plucky little orphan girl, died today after an extended illness, just a few weeks shy of her 86th birthday. The official cause of death was listed as a broken heart after ...

“Orphan Annie ‘splains ‘bout new home” read the headline in a Chicago newspaper. Along with her scruffy sidekick, the comic strip character appeared not in the funny pages but in the real estate ...

Little Orphan Annie was one of the world's longest running comic strips, running daily from 1924 until 2010, as well as spinning off into musical theatre and movies. In its latter decades it had ...

The Lombard Historical Society is hosting a weeklong celebration for the 100th anniversary of the beloved character Little Orphan Annie. “Little Orphan Annie's Birthday Week” on July 30 to Aug. 3 will ...

In 1924, a man named Harold Gray walked into the offices of Joseph Medill Patterson, the co-editor of the Chicago Tribune and the co-editor, publisher and founder of the New York Daily News. He ...

Little Orphan Annie, the long-running comic strip character, will soon end her run in physical newspapers. Tribune Media Services, which puts out the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," announced today ...

A quick trip to Stratford Festival's performance of "Annie" produced one of the most magical moments in the life of my 10-year-old — his introduction to the song, "Tomorrow." It reminded me of my ...

Who would Little Orphan Annie be without Sandy? Or how about Shirley? When Addison Fiedler auditioned for the role of an orphan in Cutting Edge Theater’s production of “Annie,” her dog Shirley ...