Peanuts' animator Bill Melendez dies - Democratic Underground

Amerigo Vespucci

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Thu Sep-04-08 09:22 AM
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Peanuts' animator Bill Melendez dies

US animator Bill Melendez, who drew Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters in numerous movies and TV specials, has died at the age of 91.

Melendez was the only person Charles M Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, allowed to animate his work.

Born in Mexico in 1916, he began his career at Disney, working on Mickey Mouse cartoons and such animated features as Pinocchio and Fantasia.

He later moved to Warner Bros, where he drew Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck shorts.

Melendez left the studio in 1948, spending the next 15 years as a director and producer on more than 1,000 commercials and movies for various animation companies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7597700.stm

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Thu Sep-04-08 09:40 AM
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