Yogi Bear creator Joe Barbera dies at 95

[rsmith6621]

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.

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Bye Bye Yogi....RIP

[jaysunb]

1. Thanks for a lifetime of laughter. RIP

n/t

[ReadTomPaine]

4. Indeed, RIP. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. They did great work.

A lot of stuff they did in the sixties and seventies made Hanna-Barbera synonymous with crap. But their early work was great.

[newscott]

5. Got any original Looney Tunes cels you'd like to part with?

:evilgrin:

[Beaverhausen]

3. I met him a few years ago

He was a very sweet, friendly and kind man. (I work at Warner Bros.)

RIP Joe.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

7. RIP.

I still have a Huckleberry Hound stuffed animal. :(

[uppityperson]

10. I met him and his wife also, nice people. RIP

[aaronbees]

11. Lucky you and cool to hear

I think you can see those qualities in his work in some ways. :hi:

[BeyondGeography]

6. By Joe...my whole family thanks you

right down to my 3-year-old, who is a Tom & Jerry fanatic.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

8. I will always love the Flintstones - R.I.P.

[Olney Blue]

9. So many happy memories of my childhood... thank you, Mr. Barbera!

[PlanetBev]

12. End of an era for me, as well

I worked at Hanna-Barbera from 1977 to 1980 as a cartoon cel painter.

I got to admit, it was a pretty fun, mindless job. Sat at my desk, listening to the radio with my headphones on, and painted away. I had a lot of laughs, because the animators were so crazy. Most of those guys are gone now. I also heard that the guy who created Bullwinkle died today. Strange.

By the time 1987 rolled around, they had sent all of the work out of the country and the good times were gone.

[YOY]

13. He's with Hannah again and making Tom and Jerry in heaven

[Lurking Dem]

14. *sniff* Bye, Joe.

[quiet.american]

15. I still watch the Flintstones and probably will until *I'm* 95.

Rest in peace, Joe, and thanks for creating characters that were so much a part of my childhood that they'll always be part of me, too.

[Gemini Cat]

16. So long Joe!

I loved and still love your cartoons.

[mac56]

17. Seemed like a nice guy.

Their Tom and Jerry cartoons were among the most clever and entertaining in animation history.

When TV came to be, they adapted their style to the new medium and did very well.

[Parche]

18. rip joe

Yabba Dabba Sad...................

He was the best

[CreekDog]

19. Heavens to Murgatroid!

Another one belongs to the ages.

<sigh>

[zonkers]

21. exit,...... stage right. even...

[maddogesq]

20. I hoist a pic-a-nic backet and Guinness to you Joe.

Thanks for part my childhood, and the voices I sometimes drive people crazy with.

[xxqqqzme]

22. I remember the first time my

brother & I saw Huckleberry Hou-OOOoooo-nd on TV. We were ROTFLourAO. I had my tonsils out later in the year. I got a stuffed Huckleberry Hound while I was in the hospital.

Thanks for the fun, Mr. Barbera.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

23. also the inventor of the bongo drum run

a pop culture icon