Our Daily Dead

Iwao Takamoto, as Stuart Heritage over at Heckler Spray says “the Real Mr. Scooby-Doo”, has died of heart failure in Los Angeles at age 81.

Let us explain…no, there is no time. Let us sum up….

The oh so recently departed Joseph Barbera along with Mr. Hanna founded a cartoon studio. At the Hanna-Barbera studio worked the most excellent Mr. Iwao Takamoto. Got it so far? Good.

Now then as Mr. Heritage continues it was Takamoto who “…was directly responsible for breathing life into some of the most memorable cartoon dogs ever - he was an animator on ‘Lady and the Tramp’ and ‘One Hundred And One Dalmatians’, and created Muttley and Astro from ‘The Jetsons’…” AND one fine young pup called Scooby-Doo.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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Larry Zox is dead of cancer at age 69.

As per the LA Times ghost writers: ‘The artist’s work involved splicing a color field to create the impression of shifting planes, an approach that produced what critic Robert Hughes once described as “the most openly decorative, anxiety-free, socially indifferent canvases in the history of American art.” ‘

One example of Mr. Zox’ art may be found at Abstract-art.com and another slightly less hard-edged example may be found at Rogallery.com.

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Ahmet Ertegun is dead at 83. As per the LA Times Mr. Ertegun’s “…upstart Atlantic label became the home of R&B music in the 1950s with Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, the Drifters and the Coasters and then triumphed on new turfs in the 1960s and 1970s with signature acts such as Aretha Franklin; Led Zeppelin; Cream; Yes; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Sonny & Cher.” That is some kinda Who’s Who list, eh? Along the way Mr. Ertegun found time to found the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame too.

Mr. Ertegun had slipped into a coma after suffering a head injury in an October fall backstage at a Rolling Stones show celebrating the 60th birthday of former President Clinton. He never recovered from the coma and died with his family by his side.

In the spirit of Leader, Saskatchewan? Not to be outdone by Leader’s Calendar we find that Winnipeg’s very own Free Press has published a calendar called The Art of Aging Gracefully. This calendar is just chock full of 12 bare naked ladies based on the idea to “…empower older woman and demonstrate that they should be considered just as attractive.” It doth seem that Winnipeg is closer to Leader than we previously thought.

And if you find yourself in Winnipeg you may pickup a copy of the calendar at McNally Robinson BookSellers or Vita Health Food stores.

And since we are on this naked kick (apparently) AND since the ODD community service department provided you with information for your UCLA Undie Run, the editors here thought we would be remiss if we failed to provide story linkage to the Tufts Naked Quad Run. Mind you that you’ve missed the event, but we figured you still needed to know what exactly you’ve been missing in the sports news.

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