Taking Vashington - Rest in Peace, Rocky and Bullwinkle creator Alexander Anderson, Jr.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11634895

27 October 2010 Last updated at 07:16 ET

Rocky and Bullwinkle creator and animation artist Alexander Anderson Jr has died at the age of 90.



The pioneering cartoonist, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's, passed away at an assisted living facility in California.

The show spawned movie spin-offs including The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) which starred Robert De Niro.

Before Rocky and Bullwinkle, Anderson worked on Mighty Mouse.

Anderson's wife Patricia told the Associated Press news agency that the inspiration for Bullwinkle came from a dream he had where he was playing poker with some friends and a moose.

The character's name came from a car dealership in Berkeley called Bullwinkel Motors, which Anderson had found funny at the time.

[niyad]

1. requiescat in pacem, alexander. you brought many moments of smiles.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. K&R. "I'm against all foreign aid

Especially to places like Hawaii and Alaska..." Prescient. :wow: :D

Loved those cartoons... :loveya:

[denbot]

3. Rocky and Bullwinkle was one of my favorite cartoon series.

Rocky, Aesop's tails, all the folks of Frostbite Falls, what a wonder series. An excellent contempoary show was The Beanie and Cecile which I think appeared a season later.