Bill Melendez, 'Peanuts' animator - and voice of Snoopy - dies at 91

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Melendez supplied Snoopy's laughs, sobs and howls. He experimented with making sounds that suggested a voice and speeding them up on tape.

The Emmy-winning animator's career extended for nearly seven decades. He's best known for bringing Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy and the rest of the comic strip to TV and the big screen.

Animator, director and producer Jose Cuautemoc "Bill" Melendez, whose television programs and theatrical films featuring Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" characters earned four Emmy Awards, an Oscar nomination and two Peabody Awards, died Tuesday at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, according to publicist Amy Goldsmith. He was 91.

Melendez's career extended over nearly seven decades, including stints at the Walt Disney Studio, Leon Schlesinger Cartoons, UPA and Playhouse Pictures. In 1964, he established Bill Melendez Productions, where he created his best-known works, including the holiday classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965). Over the years, his films were honored with two additional prime-time Emmys, three National Cartoonist Society Awards, a Clio and 150 awards for commercials.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...,0,148485.story

Edited September 3, 2008 by Jabberwocky

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

not snoopy!

[1HappyGuy 45]

Didn't we just have the voice of the Simpson's bartender and police chief die too. What's happening to our world?

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Melendez supplied Snoopy's laughs, sobs and howls. He experimented with making sounds that suggested a voice and speeding them up on tape.

The Emmy-winning animator's career extended for nearly seven decades. He's best known for bringing Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy and the rest of the comic strip to TV and the big screen.

Animator, director and producer Jose Cuautemoc "Bill" Melendez, whose television programs and theatrical films featuring Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" characters earned four Emmy Awards, an Oscar nomination and two Peabody Awards, died Tuesday at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, according to publicist Amy Goldsmith. He was 91.

Melendez's career extended over nearly seven decades, including stints at the Walt Disney Studio, Leon Schlesinger Cartoons, UPA and Playhouse Pictures. In 1964, he established Bill Melendez Productions, where he created his best-known works, including the holiday classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965). Over the years, his films were honored with two additional prime-time Emmys, three National Cartoonist Society Awards, a Clio and 150 awards for commercials.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...,0,148485.story

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This is so sad.