EDITORIAL JOE BARBERA, 1911-2006.THERE are a few people who touch the lives of entire generations. There are fewer still who touch the lives of more than one entire generation. Joe Barbera, who died Monday in his Sherman Oaks home, was one those rare people whose life's work Life's Work is a sitcom that aired from 1996 to 1997 on the American Broadcasting Company channel that starred Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, the assistant district attorney who had a husband named Kevin Hunter as an animator touched virtually every American alive today. His name alone might not seem familiar, but the names of those characters he co-created, as half of the Hanna-Barbera team, include Scooby Doo, Yogi yo·gi n. pl. yo·gis One who practices yoga. [Hindi yog , Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry n. pl. Tom and Jerries A hot drink consisting of rum or another liquor, a beaten egg, milk or water, sugar, and spices. , Fred Flintstone Frederick F. "Fred" Flintstone, also known as "Fred W. Flintstone" in at least one episode, is a fictional character who originated in the popular television animated series The Flintstones. Fred has since appeared in various other cartoon spinoffs and commercials. and George Jetson. In losing Barbera, we lost one of the fathers of modern animation and a friend to every American who grew up watching -- and loving -- cartoons. |
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