LOS ANGELES (AP) — His animated characters danced with Gene Kelly, won Oscars and Emmys and uttered some of television's most memorable lines, including the jubilant chant of everybody's favorite caveman: "Yabba dabba doo!"
William Hanna, who with partner Joseph Barbera created such beloved cartoon characters as Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear and Tom and Jerry, died Thursday at age 90.
Most of the duo's frisky and cagey characters still delight audiences today, including Quick Draw McGraw and his sidekick Baba Louie; Snagglepuss, a lisping, chickenhearted lion; Top Cat, Magilla Gorilla and Scooby Doo.
Hanna died at his North Hollywood home with Violet, his wife of 65 years, at his side, said Sarah Carragher, director of publicity at Warner Bros., which now owns the Hanna-Barbera Studios.