Recently Dead

Good grief. Jose Cuautemoc "Bill" Melendez, an animator, director, and producer who won Emmys, Peabodys, and an Oscar nomination for his TV shows and movies featuring "Peanuts" characters, died Tuesday at St John's Hospital in Santa Monica. No cause of death was reported. He was 91. Awards aside, his claim to fame has got to be as the "voice" of Snoopy in 63 half-hour specials (including the evergreens It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Christmas), five one-hour specials, the Saturday-morning "Peanuts" TV show, and four feature films. (Washington Post; photo: Reuters)

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