Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created the cartoon character Scooby-Doo as well as characters on such shows as
The Flintstones and
The Jetsons for Hanna-Barbera, died Monday after suffering a massive coronary. He was 81:
Scooby-Doo creator dies at 81. Born in Los Angeles in 1925, he was one of the many Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II. My childhood owes a lot to
Scooby-Doo. I salute you, Mr. Takamoto. I hope you never watched that awful live-action
Scooby-Doo movie that came out a few years ago.
