Dead Celebrity Alert

Academy Award-winning animator Chuck Jones, who drew such beloved cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, has died. He was 89.

Jones worked on more than 300 animated films in a career that spanned more than 60 years, winning two Oscars as a director and receiving an honorary Oscar in 1996 for lifetime achievement. …

Jones also produced, directed and wrote the screenplay for the animated television classic Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. … Read full obituary

George Gately, the creator of Heathcliff, the rotund cartoon cat, has died at 72.

He died on Sunday of a heart attack at a hospital in Ridgewood, his brother, John Gallagher, said.

Mr. Gately, whose real name was George Gately Gallagher, created Heathcliff in 1973, five years before the appearance of another popular cartoon cat, Garfield. Stylish Heathcliff often wore a black leather jacket and sunglasses… Read full obituary