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      • Hank Durand Saroyan, animation director and producer who won an Emmy for “Muppet Babies,” died Sept. 23 from complications of multiple myeloma cancer. He was 75.
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  2. Oct 27, 2022 · Hank Durand Saroyan, Emmy Award-winning director/producer, lover of animals, his family, and many friends, passed away Friday, September 23 from complications associated with Multiple Myeloma...

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  4. Oct 27, 2022 · Hank Durand Saroyan, animation director and producer who won an Emmy for “Muppet Babies,” died Sept. 23 from complications of multiple myeloma cancer. He was 75. He was born in Alameda,...

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  5. Hank Durand Saroyan, animation director and producer who won an Emmy for “Muppet Babies,” died Sept. 23 from complications of multiple myeloma cancer. He was 75. He was born in Alameda, Calif. to Dorothy Saroyan and Henry Saroyan, brother of author William Saroyan.

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    Hank Durand Saroyan (March 30, 1947 - Sept 23, 2022) was a writer, story editor, and voice director who contributed to Muppet Babies in various capacities for the entire run of the series. He was credited as executive in charge of the series in addition to serving as voice director, song producer, story and head writer after the departure of writer Jeffrey Scott, as well as penning occasional lyrics (including to the theme song). He was a producer as well as reprising his voice director and story editor chores on Little Muppet Monsters, and directed the voice cast (including Muppet Babies) on the special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.

    The nephew of playwright William Saroyan, Saroyan's early 1970s TV career was spent on specials and variety shows for Dick Clark Productions (including American Bandstand) and writing the TV movie Werewolf of Woodstock. He joined Hanna-Barbera as a voice actor and/or story editor on Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Trollkins, and Monchichis. He moved to Marvel Productions and worked on Dungeons & Dragons, two Blondie and Dagwood specials, and Rude Dog and the Dweebs.

    Outside of animation, Saroyan wrote and directed the 1993 ABC Weekend Specials installment "The Parsley Garden" (adapting a William Saroyan story), an episode of The Famous Jett Jackson, the special Animals of the NFL, and other one-off productions. He created, produced, and directed the six volume 1994 direct-to-video National Geographic series Geo-Kids (with puppeteers Julianne Buescher and Bruce Lanoil, and supplying character voices himself).

    Saroyan was a producer for the Prism Awards show, honoring the accurate depictions of drugs and alcohol in television, film and music. He was given a Prism Award by the Entertainment Industries Council.

    •Episode 418: Nanny's Day Off

    •Episode 503: The Pig Who Would Be Queen

    •Episode 513: Bug-Busting Babies

    •Episode 607: Faster than a Speeding Weirdo

    •Episode 608: Skeeter and the Wolf

    •Episode 611: Goosetown Babies

  6. Oct 28, 2022 · Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): TV writer Hank Saroyan, also a well-known animation director and producer, who won an Emmy for ‘Muppet Babies,’ passed away at the age of 75 on September 23 from complications of multiple myeloma cancer.

  7. Hank Durand Saroyan was an American writer, story editor and voice director. Saroyan died from complications of multiple myeloma cancer on September 23, 2022 at the age of 75.

  8. Hank Durand Saroyan, animation director and producer who won an Emmy for “Muppet Babies,” died Sept. 23 from complications of multiple myeloma cancer. He was 75. He was born in Alameda, Calif. to Dorothy Saroyan and Henry Saroyan, brother of author William Saroyan.

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