Amid says: "This news hasn't hit the wires yet but we're reporting it at Cartoon Brew: Iwao Takamoto, designer of Scooby Doo and the gang, the Banana Splits, Atom Ant, Dastardly and Muttley, and countless other classic Hanna Barbera TV characters, has passed away. I've also posted a 1999 interview I did with him where he discusses his illustrious animation career, as well as being interned in California during WWII because of his Japanese ancestry. That interview is here:" Link
