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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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