Cartoonist who created Scooby-Doo Passes Away.

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Posted by Yan on Jan-09-2007 15:14:

Cartoonist who created Scooby-Doo Passes Away.

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Cartoonist who created Scooby-Doo dies

By DAISY NGUYEN, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 9, 6:36 AM ET

LOS ANGELES - In a career that spanned more than six decades, Iwao Takamoto assisted in the designs of some of the biggest animated features and television shows, including "Cinderella," "Peter Pan," "Lady and the Tramp" and "The Flintstones."
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But it was Takamoto's creation of Scooby-Doo, the cowardly dog with an adventurous heart, that captivated audiences and endured for generations.

Takamoto died Monday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Warner Bros. spokesman Gary Miereanu said. He was 81.

Born in Los Angeles to parents who had emigrated from Japan, Takamoto graduated high school when World War II began. He and his family were sent to the Manzanar internment camp in the California desert, where he learned the art of illustration from fellow internees.

Despite a lack of formal training, he landed an interview with Walt Disney Studios when he returned to Los Angeles and was hired as an apprentice.

Takamoto worked under the tutelage of Disney's "nine old men," the studio's team of legendary animators responsible for its biggest full-length films before moving to Hanna-Barbera Studios in 1961. There he worked on cartoons for television, including "Josie and the Pussy Cats," "The Great Grape Ape Show," "Harlem Globe Trotters" and "The Secret Squirrel Show."

Takamoto said he created Scooby-Doo after talking with a Great Dane breeder, and named him after Frank Sinatra's final phrase in "Strangers in the Night."

The breeder "showed me some pictures and talked about the important points of a Great Dane, like a straight back, straight legs, small chin and such," Takamoto said in a recent talk at Cartoon Network Studios.

"I decided to go the opposite and gave him a hump back, bowed legs, big chin and such. Even his color is wrong."

Takamoto also created other famous cartoon dogs such as Astro from "The Jetsons" and Muttley, the mixed-breed that appeared in several Hanna-Barbera animations. He also directed the 1973 feature "Charlotte's Web."

Takamoto was survived by his wife, Barbara, son Michael and stepdaughter Leslie.

Funeral arrangements were pending.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109...v/obit_takamoto

A sad day, indeed.

Posted by Omega_M on Jan-09-2007 15:17:

R.I.P

Posted by THE_Chris on Jan-09-2007 15:29:

I grew up with that show Dammit.

Posted by Ygrene on Jan-09-2007 15:34:

Ruh-roh.

I bet he didn't invent Scrappy.

Posted by ill0gical0ne on Jan-09-2007 16:04:

Zoinks Scoobs!

Posted by Dj O'Callaghan on Jan-09-2007 16:08:

Damn you pesky Kids!

Quality Cartoon rest in peace.

Posted by tubularbills on Jan-09-2007 17:02:

JINKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i wanna dog like scooby.

Posted by DarkAngel on Jan-09-2007 17:04:

Fuck.

R.I.P.

Posted by Abercrombie on Jan-09-2007 17:51:

He would have lived longer if it wasn't for those meddling kids.

Posted by _Ocean_Drive_ on Jan-09-2007 18:29:

Reh-reh!

Posted by idoru on Jan-09-2007 18:30:

RIP

Posted by Rinster on Jan-09-2007 18:43:

no way... really liked scooby!

RIP.

Posted by Ian on Jan-09-2007 18:55:

rip