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'Tooning Out: Yogi Bear's Creator Dead at 95

Joseph Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that gave us the misadventures of Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo and so many other memorable charcters, died on Monday of natural causes. He was 95. See Reuters for the full obit.... Chris Hayward, an Emmy-winning writer who helped develop characters for the Rocky and His Friends TV show, died of cancer on Nov. 20. He was 81.

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Matt Webb Mitovich

Dec 19, 2006 9:46 AM

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This is very sad news - his legacy will live on though with all of the cartoon characters he created - Scooby, Flintstones, etc And I can't believe you didn't mention Ausiello's beloved Smurfs which were also his creation
Posted by LisaMBri Dec 19, 2006 10:29 AM Report Abuse

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