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2007 Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76
2001 Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace, dies at 81 2001 William Hanna, cartoon creator, The Flintstones, dies at 90 2000 "Raymond E. Portwood, Jr", game creator, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, dies at 66 1997 Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space 1995 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57 1994 Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78 1994 Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M, dies at 52 1993 Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78 1992 Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer 1992 Joe Shuster, co creator (Superman), dies at 78 1991 Gene Roddenberry, creator (Star Trek), dies of cardiac arrest at 70 1991 Abraham Joseph Groening, son of Simpson creator Matt Groening 1989 Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81 1985 Richard Yardumian, U.S. composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 1973 Irna Phillips, creator of 5 TV soap operas, dies at 72 1971 Donald Wolf, computer game creator 1967 Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies at 62 1964 Ian Fleming, British journalist and creator of 'James Bond', dies at 56 1959 Jerry Only, born in Lodi, New Jersey, Gerald Caiafa, bassist, singer for the Misfits, horror punk, hardcore punk genres, creator, Devilock, hair style 1957 Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies 1957 Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies 1957 Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66 1946 Carson Van Osten, born in America, musician, performed with Todd Rundgren and rock group 'Nazz', comics creator, artist of Disney comics 1943 Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari, creator, Pong 1942 Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M 1939 James A Naismith, creator of basketball, dies at 78 1937 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator 1931 Johnny Hart, born in Endicott, New York, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers 1927 William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless 1924 Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator 1917 Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz 1917 Richard Yardumian, born in Philadelphia, composer, Come Creator Spirit 1916 Sherwood Schwartz, Passaic, New Jersey, TV creator, Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is 1914 Allen Funt, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host and creator, Candid Camera 1913 Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator, Pogo 1900 Walter Lantz, animator, Woody Woodpecker's creator 1894 Harold L Gray, creator, Little Orphan Annie 1880 Elisabeth Achelis, creator, World Calendar 1880 Mack Sennett, movie creator, Keystone Kops |
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