Scooby-Doo Creator Dies At 81
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POSTED: 2:10 am CST January 9, 2007
UPDATED: 9:31 am CST January 9, 2007
LOS ANGELES -- Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created the beloved
Scooby-Doo and directed the cartoon classic "Charlotte's Web," has
died. He was 81.
Takamoto died Monday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Warner Bros. spokesman Gary Miereanu said.
In a career that spanned more than six decades, Takamoto assisted in
the designs of some of the biggest animated features and television
shows for Disney and the Hanna-Barbera animation team. They included
"Cinderella," "Peter Pan," "Lady and the Tramp," "101 Dalmatians," "The
Jetsons" and "The Flintstones."
But it was his creation of Scooby-Doo, the cowardly dog with an
adventurous heart, that captivated audiences and endured for
generations.