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
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From: "Cody Brown" <
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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.)
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