Disney's iconic animator Bob Givens - who drew much-loved characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy...

DAILY MAIL UK ^ | Dec. 24, 2017 | Associated Press and Matthew Wright For Dailymail.com

[Morgana]

FULL TITLE: Disney's iconic animator Bob Givens - who drew much-loved characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tom & Jerry and Popeye - dies aged 99

The animator who helped design Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd has died. Bob Givens was 99 years old.

Daughter Mariana Givens says her father died December 14 in Burbank, California from acute respiratory failure.

Bob Givens started working for Walt Disney Studios right out of high school in 1937.

During his time with Disney, Givens would work on designs for both Donald Duck and Snow White.

Three years later, he joined what would become Warner Bros. His version of Bugs Bunny debuted that same year, in 1940.

[Morgana]

Was shocked to read this. Knew Chuck Jones drew Bugs Bunny, did not know this man did. Learn something new ever day.

Well..."The Wabbit Kicked the Bucket"...again

Rest in Peace Bob Givens

[Joe Dallas]

[Bonemaker]

Gave joy to millions.Few can claim that honor. RIP

[vladimir998]

There goes another part of my childhood.

Sometimes I really hate getting old.

It’s not my own mortality that bothers me. It’s the idea that I will lose so many people I care about first or so many people who made the world I grew up in will also die.

As you age, after a certain point, your world diminishes.

[Chainmail]

"Disney's iconic animator" Not really - he was Warner Brother's animator in direct competition with Disney!

Always preferred the smart-alek WB stuff over the childish Disney stuff.

[Bonemaker]

Beat me to it.

[McGavin999]

Cartoons, the best part of going to the movies. Thanks for the wonderful childhood memories Bob, you did good.

[ConservativeMind]

I agee, Vlad.

[Inyo-Mono]

I remember remember reading years ago that the character of Bugs Bunny was fashioned from a scene from the 1934 movie It Happened One Night where Clark Gable is shown shown standing by the side of the highway munching on a carrot while trying to help Claudette Colbert hitchhike.

[sissyjane]

Not Disney characters

[BipolarBob]

I agree also.

[Fiddlstix]

Requiescat in pace

[Windflier]

Thank you, Bob.

America

[COBOL2Java]

Always preferred the smart-alek WB stuff over the childish Disney stuff.

Same here. A really good insight into Warner Brothers' "Termite Terrace" was Chuck Jones' book "Chuck Amuck"

[Steve_Seattle]

I thought Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck were Warner Brothers creations, not Disney.

[a fool in paradise]

This man’s contributions seem to be overstated in several of the articles I saw from Hollywood Reporter and elsewher. Iconic Disney work?

Yes he contributed to the development of Bugs Bunny as we know him today. Much of the character has been attributed to directors Tex Avery and Bob Clampett.

At 99 he had a good run, rest in peace.

[rockinqsranch]

I recall seeing the first Bugs Bunny in a documentary many years ago. That original Bugs was a real doofus as I recall. Nothing like the one with the attitude most of us knew throughout our youth.

I’m glad the Bugs with the attitude, and the Mel Blanc voice replaced that original Bugs.

[Nifster]

Spent more time at Warner Brothers

May the angels sing him home

[a fool in paradise]

At one point there was supposed to be a movie about Termite Terrace in the works (I seem to recall Joe Dante’s name attached to it).

I don’t think Hollywood of today is interested in it. Does it have computer animated characters running around? Explosions? Social justice?

[morphing libertarian]

donald duck and snow white are disney