Beverly cleary cause of death: Beverly Cleary, the commended kids’ creator whose recollections of her Oregon youth were imparted to millions through any semblance of Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins, has kicked the bucket. She was 104.

Cleary’s distributer HarperCollins reported Friday that the creator passed on Thursday in Carmel Valley, California, where she had lived since the 1960s. No reason for death was given.