Children’s author and illustrator Terry Denton has died aged 76

The Sydney Morning Herald

22 Sept 2026 18:58 AEST Summary

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Denton, best known for his popular collaborations with Andy Griffiths, died on Monday surrounded by his family.

Headline as published: Beloved children’s author and illustrator Terry Denton has died aged 76

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Niral Score 33.6 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.2 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 16 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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ABC News 'He's at peace now': Treehouse illustrator Terry Denton dies aged 76 plain
The Sydney Morning Herald ~~Beloved~~ Children’s author and illustrator Terry Denton has died aged 76 1 change
Brisbane Times ~~Beloved~~ Author and illustrator Terry Denton dies aged 76 1 change

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Also covered by Brisbane Times, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	33.6	2	42	-0.2	16
ABC News	6.1	4	59	0.3	61.2

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Brisbane Times Author and illustrator Terry Denton dies aged 76 Niral 20.9 political 0 The Age Author and illustrator Terry Denton dies aged 76 Niral 20.9 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Author and illustrator Terry Denton dies aged 76 Niral 20.9 political 0 WAtoday Author and illustrator Terry Denton dies aged 76 Niral 20.9 political 0 ABC News 'He's at peace now': Treehouse illustrator Terry Denton dies aged 76 Niral 6.1 political 0 The Age Children’s author and illustrator Terry Denton has died aged 76 Niral 33.6 political 0 WAtoday Children’s author and illustrator Terry Denton has died aged 76 Niral 33.6 political 0 Brisbane Times Children’s author and illustrator Terry Denton has died aged 76 Niral 33.6 political 0