Gene Deitch Died at Age 95

                        GENE DEITCH

Oscar winning illustrator and animator Gene Deitch has passed away at the age of 95. He was the director of world's most popular cartoon Tom and Jerry died in his apartment in Prague. He was born on August 8 in 1924 in Chicago Deitch whose full name was Eugene Merrill Dyke was known for directing some of the most popular animator cartoons including Popeye the sailorman, Munroe Tom terrific and nudnik.

He had directed 13 episodes of Tom and Jerry and multiple episodes of the Popeye the Sailor series. Deitch arrived in Prague in 1959 on a 10-day trip where he fell in love with his future wife Zedenka and decided to settle down in the chichi Slovakian capital. He created some of his best works while living in Prague. He won the Academy Award for best-animated short film in 1964; his film Munro also received nominations for the same category twice in 1964. Nudnik and how to avoid friendship another series Sydney's family tree, which he had co-produced was nominated for an Academy Award in 1958. Deitch is survived by his wife and three sons from his first marriage all his three sons are cartoonists and illustrators also.