4 September 2008 10:36 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news
Animator Bill Melendez, who worked on Walt Disney movies, including Fantasia and Pinocchio, in the 1930s then joined Warner Bros. in 1941, where he worked on the Looney Tunes cartoons, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck shorts, died in Santa Monica, CA Tuesday at age 91. The cause of death was not disclosed. Melendez may have been best known for his work on the Peanuts cartoons, in which he also made the sounds for Snoopy.He and partner Lee Mendelson eventually produced, directed, or animated some 70 Peanuts cartoons.
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