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When I got the news in 2001 that legendary animator William Hanna had died, I dreaded the day the other shoe would drop. That day finally came, Dec. 12, 2006, when Hanna's lifelong collaborator -- the ultimate animation pitchman -- Joseph Barbera passed away. His zest for his art and life propelled him to keep on producing and directing to the ...
May 18, 2018 · Barbera, Joseph 1911–2006 (Joe Barbera, Joseph R. Barbera) PERSONAL. Original name, Joseph Roland Barbera; born March 24, 1911, in New York, NY; died December 18 ...
May 17, 2024 · Blanc in 1976 Born Melvin Jerome Blank May 30, 1908 San Francisco, California, U.S. Died July 10, 1989 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Voice actor/Comedian Years active 1927–1989 Spouse Estelle Rosenbaum (1933–1989; his death) Mel Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian.
May 3, 2024 · William Hanna (born July 14, 1910, Melrose, N.M., U.S.—died March 22, 2001, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American animator who, as part of the team of Hanna and Barbera, created popular cartoon characters such as Tom and Jerry, the Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo. Hanna had dropped out of college and was working as a construction engineer when he ...
Jul 11, 2020 · Barbera and Hanna were fast friends, but even faster workers. Studio co-owner Louis B. Mayer was hungry for new characters, and he sent orders to every animator to bolster MGM’s stable of ...
Feb 5, 2010 · The themes of the classic Disney films echoed their own hardscrabble journeys: owning your destiny came at a price. Girls got up in the dark, as early as 4:30 a.m., to make their way to the ...
Jan 1, 1987 · Winner of the Edgar The gripping account of a gruesome mass murder in gritty 1980s New York and the relentless hunt for a coldblooded killer. On a warm spring evening in 1982, thirty-seven-year-old accountant Margaret Barbera left work in New York City and walked to the West Side parking lot where she kept her BMW.
