A nearly century-old tree with iconic fluffy branches that some say inspired the fictional Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” toppled over in a California park last week.

Now, the tree that locals say inspired "The Lorax" is gone forever, and why it's gone is a mystery, Tim Graham, a spokesman for the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, told USA TODAY.

A Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) that is thought to have inspired the Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" has fallen, according to news reports. The shaggy tree was thought to be ...

Dr. Seuss’ famous Lorax statue was stolen from his La Jolla home over the ... "It's crummy to sneak into a 90-year-old widow's home in the dead of night and steal her Lorax," Dimond-Cates said.

Dr. Seuss Warned Us 50 Years Ago, But We Didn't Listen To 'The Lorax' Call it fate or an unfortunate coincidence that Dr. Seuss' eco-parable marks its 50th anniversary just as the United Nations ...

The Lorax By Tasha Robinson ... , a dead ringer for a sex-changed Edna Mode from The Incredibles. Meanwhile, half the film exists in a flashback to The Once-ler’s past, when he ...

Is the Dead-End Family Film Street. ... Perhaps someone should lift this Lorax away. Since 2000, Steven D. Greydanus has reviewed every Dr. Seuss movie in rhyming verse.

The 3D adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic tale has managed to stir up a number of mixed responses from film reviewers. By Paula Zulian Ashley Lorax Taylor Swift - H 2011 The Hollywood Reporter‘s ...

The Lorax has returned, this time with an added dimension. Universal Pictures has released the trailer for its 3-D feature film adaptation of Dr. Seuss's classic 1971 environmental fable "The Lorax." ...

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