Yogi Bear creator Joe Barbera dies at 95

[Shenlong]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_en_ot/obit_barbera

That is one tragic loss. He and his partner Bill Hanna were among the greatest cartoon gods ever. RIP Hanna-Barbara, your legacy will live on. :(

[Haruki Hanai]

…dang, 95 is a lot to live for though! That's sad.

[Bobby]

At least he lived a full life. Alot of people won't live to see half of that. Still sad though.

[Otter Mii-kun]

... How saddening indeed. Motion picture cartooning/animation will never be the same without Barbera (or Hanna).

This month (and perhaps the entire year) has been tragic for the cartoonist world. (Sid Raymond, voice of Baby Huey, Katnip, and other characters made by Paramount's Famous Studios died earlier this month, and Myron Waldman, of Fleischer fame, who died earlier this year, was nearly three years older than Barbera. Don R. Christensen died two months before Barbera.)

The people of the golden age of American animation as we know it are all but gone...

[charizard_maa]

Sad isn't it? These great guys have brought us so many joys and laughter during out younger years with the Flintstones, Tom and Jerry and the Jetsons. It seems as if one of the great gods of cartoon has left us. Back then in his time cartoons were much more simple and he was blessed to be borned in such a time period. Being able to go into cartooning from his degrees is something that can only happen in his time. Great man. Great cartoons.

[`Matt]

It is sad. Though, sometimes I wonder if it's good or bad. Atleast now, they won't see their work belittled in shows such as Family Guy.

Some find it funny, but I simply find it tasteless. Yogi being knifed in the back, and things of that sort. It's morally degrading to the shows I was raised on.

That's only a personal opinion.

A fact is that, no matter how large this tragedy is, Hanna and Barbera's work will live on. And for that, children and adults alike thank them.