Animation World Magazine, Issue 2.9, December 1997

Animation World News - In Passing....

Voice Actor Don Messick Dies. Voice actor Donald Messick died last week, of natural causes, at the age of 71. In his 50 year career in the industry, Messick voiced characters for more than 100 cartoon series, as well as television and radio commercials. Some of his most famous voices include Scooby Doo, Bamm Bamm (The Flintstones), Papa Smurf (The Smurfs) and Muttley the snickering hound from Dastardly and Muttley. In 1988, Messick was honored by the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Union (MPSC) for his contributions to the animation industry. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 2700 Garden Road, Monterey, CA, 98940 U.S.A.

Animation World Magazine welcomes letters in remembrance and appreciation of Messick's career in animation. Please write to editor@awn.com.

Fred Stuhr. Stop-motion animator Fred Stuhr died last month in a car accident. The 30 year-old, Los Angeles-based director was recognized for his grunge-inspired puppet animation music videos such as "Sober" and "Prison Sex" for the band Tool. His credits also include animation for music videos such as Boingo's "Insanity," Danzig's "Can't Speak" and Green Jello's "Three Little Pigs," as well as commercials for Converse sneakers, Halls cough drops and Trident gum. In addition to several commercial projects, Stuhr was starting production on a new independent film called, Motor Creeps. The fan web site Animation Nerd's Paradise (ANP) has created an extensive tribute to Fred Stuhr, which includes images from his work and a condolences guest book. For more information, visit
http://www.2cowherd.net/catseye/anp/stuhr-gallery.html

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