Tag Archives: Obituary

Britain’s best-loved ani­ma­tor Bob God­frey, cre­ator of Roo­barb & Cus­tard and Henry’s Cat, died on Thurs­day 20h Feb­ru­ary aged 91.

Born in New South Wales, Aus­tralia, in Jan­u­ary 27 1921 of British par­ents, he was brought home to Eng­land at the age of 6 months.

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Visual devel­op­ment artist, ani­ma­tor and story man Melvin “Mel” Shaw, named a Dis­ney Leg­end in 2004, has died at 97, lay­out artist Mike Per­aza announced.

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Actress Mit­suko Mori, the voice of Hii-sama in the orig­i­nal Japan­ese ver­sion of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 film Princess Mononoke, died Sat­ur­day at a Tokyo hos­pi­tal. She was 92.

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Ani­ma­tor and direc­tor Mar­garet Nichols, an exec­u­tive board mem­ber of The Ani­ma­tion Guild from 1980 to 1985, died Novem­ber 5. She was 82.

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Jack Bosson, chair of Wood­bury University’s ani­ma­tion depart­ment for three years, has died, car­toon his­to­rian Jerry Beck announced Mon­day evening.

His age was not imme­di­ately available.

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Char­ac­ter actor Leonard Termo, who appeared along­side Mickey Rourke in five 1980s films, died peace­fully in his sleep Tues­day at his Santa Clarita, Cal­i­for­nia home, his friend, actor Elias Koteas, said Fri­day. He was 77.

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British stop-motion ani­ma­tor Dave Borth­wick, a direc­tor of the fea­ture films The Magic Round­about (2005) and Doo­gal (2006), died this past week in Bris­tol, Eng­land, car­toon his­to­rian Jerry Beck said Thurs­day morning.

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Singer-songwriter William “Bill” Dees, co-writer with Roy Orbi­son of such global hits as “Oh, Pretty Woman” and “It’s Over,” died Wednes­day night at a nurs­ing facil­ity in Moun­tain Home, Arkansas. He was 73.

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British ani­ma­tor and illus­tra­tor Run Wrake, whose Rab­bit was nom­i­nated for a BAFTA Award for Best Ani­mated Short, died at 5 a.m. Sun­day due to can­cer. He was 47.

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Native Amer­i­can activist and actor Rus­sell Means, the voice of Chief Powhatan — the title character’s father — in the 1995 Dis­ney film Poc­a­hon­tas, died early Mon­day at his ranch in Por­cu­pine on the Pine Ridge Reser­va­tion in South Dakota, his fam­ily said in a state­ment. He was 72.

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British-born Cana­dian the­atre, TV and film actor Bernard “Bunny” Behrens, the voice of Nietre in the Mar­vel Enterprises/Saban Enter­tain­ment series Sil­ver Surfer, died Sep­tem­ber 19 in Perth, Ontario, just shy of his 86th birthday.

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Actor John Clive, the voice of John Lennon in the 1968 Bea­t­les car­toon movie Yel­low Sub­ma­rine, died after a short ill­ness, his fam­ily said Mon­day. He was 79.

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