[Az-Geocaching] Condolences to the creator of Wyle E Coyote..

[Farquhar, Larry]

Heck NO! Don't you know that all great artist become MUCH MORE VALUABLE
after they pass on?

Look forward to a "Chuck Jones Memorial Cache" coming soon. :(

Larry Farquhar
Team "Wyle E"
www.azjeeper.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Trisha Radley [mailto:radley@cableone.net] 
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:08 AM
To: az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Condolences to the creator of Wyle E Coyote..


Yes, this is very sad to have lost a wonderful animator.
(So pardon my humor)....does this mean that Larry will just fade away now
and stop caching? ~~trisha

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cody Brown" <cbrown@triumphairrepair.com>
To: <az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:56 AM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Condolences to the creator of Wyle E Coyote..


> Condolences to the creator of Wyle E Coyote..  I'm sure this is a very 
> sad day for Larry.  Let's all give him a hand in this time of need.
>
> Team CBX2
> Cody
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> Los Angeles
> Feb. 23, 2002 10:29 AM
>
> Chuck Jones, creator of some of Warner Bros.' most famous characters 
> including the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and Pepe Le Pew, died 
> Friday at the age of 89, the Orange County Coroner's office said.
>
> The coroner's office said Jones died at his home of congestive heart 
> failure.
>
> A statement from Linda Jones Enterprises, Jones' daughter's company, 
> said the animator died at home with his wife of 20 years, Marian, by 
> his side.
>
> Born September 21, 1912 in Spokane, Washington, Jones grew up in
Hollywood,
> where he observed Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton while working as a
child
> extra in silent comedies.
>
> After graduating from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles -- now 
> the California Institute of the Arts -- Jones drew pencil portraits 
> and sold them for a dollar each on the street. In 1932 he got his 
> first job washing cels, or transparent sheets of celluloid, in the 
> fledgling animation industry.
>
> Four years later he became an animator for the Leon Schlesinger 
> Studio, later sold to Warner Bros., where he was assigned to the team 
> that made "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoons. AOL Time 
> Warner is the
parent
> company of Warner Bros. and CNN.
>
> He directed his first animated film, The Night Watchman, at age 25. 
> The six-minute cartoon used 5,000 animation drawings.
>
> In his 60-year career, Jones made more than 300 animated films and won
three
> Oscars, according to his Web site.
>
> "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life," Jones once said.
>
> A memorial for the animator is planned soon in Newport Beach, the
statement
> from Linda Jones Enterprises said, while private services will be held 
> for family members only.
>
> (Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) 
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