Yogi Bear creator Joe Barbera dies at 95, Farewell, Flintstones' father

[carthut]

LOS ANGELES - Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.


Barbera died of natural causes at his home with his wife Sheila at his side, Warner Bros. spokesman Gary Miereanu said.

With his longtime partner, Bill Hanna, Barbera first found success creating the highly successful Tom and Jerry cartoons. The antics of the battling cat and mouse went on to win seven
Academy Awards, more than any other series with the same characters.

The partners, who teamed up while working at MGM in the 1930s, then went on to a whole new realm of success in the 1960s with a witty series of animated TV comedies, including "The Flintstones," "The Jetsons," "Yogi Bear," "Scooby-Doo" and "Huckleberry Hound and Friends."

Taken from yahoo news

Thanks for the memorable characters you made! you will be missed!

[porkypig]

Joe Barbera will be missed by many.

[lance]

Wow Justice League of America (Superfriends) was a Hannah=Barbera production... And the list goes on having the Barbera name... He surely was a force in the cartoon industry.

[Ziggy Stardust]

Our generation owe a debt of gratitude to him, he introduced us to the Superfriends, who layered the foundation of our introduction to the DC Universe. :afro:

May he rest in peace...