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Rocky and Bullwinkle Creator Alex Anderson Dead at 90
Alex Anderson, the once-forgotten man who created the original Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon characters in the 1950s, has died in California at age 90. A number of complete Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons are available here.
His New York Times obituary describes how Mr. Anderson sought and received legal remedy after a 1991 documentary about producer Jay Ward made no mention of Anderson's role in creating the popular cartoon about a flying squirrel and a moose.
In a fascinating generational note, the obit mentions that Mr. Anderson, like countless other giants in American broadcasting history, served "in Navy intelligence during World War II."
(Posted by Feliks Banel)
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