Winnie the Pooh Widow Dies

By Staff

LOS ANGELES, July 19 (Reuters) The widow of the literary agent who helped popularize Winnie the Pooh in the United States and Canada -- who was engaged in a long legal battle against the Walt Disney Co over royalties -- has died.

Shirley Slesinger Laswell, who was 84, died today in Beverly Hills after a long illness, a family spokesman said.