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| US cartoonist Joseph Barbera dies | US cartoonist Joseph Barbera dies |
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| Joseph Barbera, one half of the team behind such cartoon classics as The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo and Huckleberry Hound, has died, aged 95. | Joseph Barbera, one half of the team behind such cartoon classics as The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo and Huckleberry Hound, has died, aged 95. |
| He died of natural causes at home with his wife, Sheila, at his side. | He died of natural causes at home with his wife, Sheila, at his side. |
| With William Hanna, Barbera founded Hanna-Barbera in the 1950s, after the pair had earlier worked on the Tom and Jerry cartoons at MGM studios. | With William Hanna, Barbera founded Hanna-Barbera in the 1950s, after the pair had earlier worked on the Tom and Jerry cartoons at MGM studios. |
| "Joe will live on through his work," said Warner Brothers chairman and CEO, Barry Meyer. | "Joe will live on through his work," said Warner Brothers chairman and CEO, Barry Meyer. |
| "The characters he created with his late partner, William Hanna, are not only animated superstars but also a very beloved part of American pop culture," Mr Meyer said. | |
| Cat and mouse collaboration | |
| Barbera grew up in Brooklyn and started to pursue a career in banking. | |
| But his amateur sketches soon became the raw material for cartoons in magazines, which then took him into animation. | |
| He met Hanna - who died in 2001 - at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in the late 1930s and collaborated on a cartoon called Puss Gets the Boot, which led to the creation of the cat and mouse characters, Tom and Jerry. | |
| Their 17-year partnership on the Tom and Jerry series resulted in seven Academy Awards and 14 nominations in total. | |
| The pair left MGM and formed Hanna-Barbera Studios in 1957, where they created numerous classic characters, including The Jetsons and The Flintstones. | |
| Following Hanna's death, Joseph Barbera remained active as an executive producer for Warner Brothers Animation on TV series such as What's New, Scooby-Doo? and Tom and Jerry Tales. |