Bob s Burgers Animator Died of Injuries Sustained From Skydiving Accident
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Through a released joint statement, 20th Television, Fox Entertainment and Bento Box Entertainment express heartbreak over Dave Creek s tragic passing, hailing him as an extraordinary artist. Jan 9, 2021
The animator died on Thursday, January 7 after sustaining significant injuries from the accident last weekend.
Creek worked on Bob s Burgers from the show s inception in 2011. We are heartbroken at the tragic passing of Dave Creek, an extraordinary artist who had been with Bob s Burgers from day one, a joint statement from 20th Television, Fox Entertainment, and Bento Box Entertainment reads. He was not just an incredible talent but a beautiful person as well, and our hearts go out to his family, friends and all his colleagues at the show who loved him and are grieving today.
Creek was a lead character designer on
Bob’s Burgers. He had worked on the series from the beginning of its run. At the time that he received an invite from a producer to work on the series, he had been floating around as a freelance animation artist. “I just lucked out [on] timing and knew the right people,” Creek told
Keyframe magazine in 2019 about how he got the job.
“If you love
Bob’s Burgers, you loved Dave Creek,” series writer Wendy Molyneux wrote on Twitter yesterday evening. “He was an adventurous funny outgoing amazing artist and one of the most incredible, interesting people I ever met.” Series director Simon Chong posted a tribute on social media, calling Creek, “a wonderfully brilliant and talented man who I can guarantee designed your favourite character on Bob’s at some point.”
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Dave Creek, the lead character designer on
Bob’s Burgers, died over the weekend in a skydiving accident, a spokesman for the Fox show confirmed. He was 42. Today we tragically lost our Lead Character designer and friend, Dave Creek, Simon Chong, a director on the animated Fox series tweeted late Thursday. A wonderfully brilliant and talented man who I can guarantee designed your favorite character on Bob’s at some point. I’ll miss you, buddy x.
Wendy Molyneux, a writer on the animated series, on Twitter called Creek an adventurous funny outgoing amazing artist and one of the most incredible, interesting people I ever met and added: If you love
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Dave Creek best known as lead character designer for the popular FOX animated series Bob s Burgers has died following a skydiving accident.
Dave died Thursday after suffering injuries in a skydiving accident last weekend . though at this moment it s unclear exactly what his specific injuries were.
Tributes have been pouring in from his co-workers in Hollywood . including Bob s Burgers director
Simon Chong.
Today we tragically lost our Lead Character designer and friend, Dave Creek. A wonderfully brilliant and talented man who I can guarantee designed your favourite character on Bob’s at some point. I’ll miss you, buddy x https://t.co/NOxEq1VOGw Simon Chong (@chongster62) January 8, 2021@chongster62