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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.

Posted by Matt Webb Mitovich
Dec 19, 2006 9:46 AM
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
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