Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel have a remembrance of Andre Cassagnes, the inventor of the Etch A Sketch. Cassagnes died Jan. 16 at the age of 86.

A U.S. toy maker says the inventor of the Etch A Sketch, the famous red toy that generations of children drew on, shook up and started over, has died in France.

The inventor of the hugely popular Etch A Sketch drawing toy, Andre Cassagnes, has died at the age of 86.

“Etch A Sketch has brought much success to the Ohio Art Company, and we will be eternally grateful to Andre,” company President Larry Killgallon said in a statement released after Cassagnes ...

But the squarish beauty of the line-drawing toy is put to great use in this clever little animation that tells the story of André Cassagnes, its inventor.

Invented in Paris in the late 1950s, the mechanical drawing toy that would eventually be marketed as “the world’s first laptop” became wildly popular soon after an Ohio company introduced ...

The inventor of the iconic children’s toy Etch A Sketch has died at age 86. According to the Toy Industry Association, André Cassagnes died in his home outside a suburb of Paris on January 16th ...

Andre Cassagnes, the inventor of the Etch A Sketch toy that generations of children drew on, shook up and started over, has died in France, the toy's maker said.Cassagnes died Jan. 16 in a Paris ...

Cassagnes, a French electrician, invented the Etch A Sketch in Paris in the late 1950s. It's ranked one of the top 100 toys of the 20th century.

BRYAN, Ohio (AP) — Andre Cassagnes, the inventor of the Etch A Sketch toy that generations of children drew on, shook up and started over, has died in France, the toy's maker said.

The inventor of the beloved Etch A Sketch toy, Andre Cassagnes, has died at age 86, the toy’s manufacturer confirms to NBC News. Cassagnes died Jan. 16 in France. “Etch A Sketch has brought ...