![Actor Paul Reubens portraying Pee-wee Herman poses for a portrait while promoting "The Pee-wee Herman Show" live stage play, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, in Los Angeles. Reubens died July 30, 2023 at age 70 following a long bout with cancer.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/08/08/Pee_Wee_3__t1170.jpeg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Actor Paul Reubens portraying Pee-wee Herman poses for a portrait while promoting "The Pee-wee Herman Show" live stage play, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, in Los Angeles. Reubens died July 30, 2023 at age 70 following a long bout with cancer.
August 12, 2023
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August 12, 2023 1 a.m.
I know you are, but what am I? Already missing Pee-wee
Paul Reubens' iconic character lives on in our sense of joy, playfulness, wonder
Every winter or late fall, when I peek out my window and see the first snows blanketing North Idaho, I call my mom to announce: “It’s snowing, Pee-wee!” If she sees the snow first, she calls or texts me the Pee-wee line. We’ve done this for years, a throwback to the absolute joy Pee-wee and his friends experience as it snows on the playhouse just in time for Christmas.