Heck NO! Don't you know that all great artist become MUCH MORE VALUABLE after they pass on? Look forward to a "Chuck Jones Memorial Cache" coming soon. :( Larry Farquhar Team "Wyle E" www.azjeeper.com -----Original Message----- From: Trisha Radley [mailto:radley@cableone.net] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:08 AM To: az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Condolences to the creator of Wyle E Coyote.. Yes, this is very sad to have lost a wonderful animator. (So pardon my humor)....does this mean that Larry will just fade away now and stop caching? ~~trisha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cody Brown" To: Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:56 AM Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Condolences to the creator of Wyle E Coyote.. > Condolences to the creator of Wyle E Coyote.. I'm sure this is a very > sad day for Larry. Let's all give him a hand in this time of need. > > Team CBX2 > Cody > > -------------------------------------- > > Los Angeles > Feb. 23, 2002 10:29 AM > > Chuck Jones, creator of some of Warner Bros.' most famous characters > including the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and Pepe Le Pew, died > Friday at the age of 89, the Orange County Coroner's office said. > > The coroner's office said Jones died at his home of congestive heart > failure. > > A statement from Linda Jones Enterprises, Jones' daughter's company, > said the animator died at home with his wife of 20 years, Marian, by > his side. > > Born September 21, 1912 in Spokane, Washington, Jones grew up in Hollywood, > where he observed Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton while working as a child > extra in silent comedies. > > After graduating from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles -- now > the California Institute of the Arts -- Jones drew pencil portraits > and sold them for a dollar each on the street. In 1932 he got his > first job washing cels, or transparent sheets of celluloid, in the > fledgling animation industry. > > Four years later he became an animator for the Leon Schlesinger > Studio, later sold to Warner Bros., where he was assigned to the team > that made "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoons. AOL Time > Warner is the parent > company of Warner Bros. and CNN. > > He directed his first animated film, The Night Watchman, at age 25. > The six-minute cartoon used 5,000 animation drawings. > > In his 60-year career, Jones made more than 300 animated films and won three > Oscars, according to his Web site. > > "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life," Jones once said. > > A memorial for the animator is planned soon in Newport Beach, the statement > from Linda Jones Enterprises said, while private services will be held > for family members only. > > (Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) > _______________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list > Az-Geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com > http://listserv.snaptek.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > _______________________________________________ Az-Geocaching mailing list Az-Geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com http://listserv.snaptek.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching