Beatles Cartoonist Ron Campbell Dies at 81
Yellow Submarine movie, has died at the age of 81.
The news was posted on Campbell s Facebook page by his business partner, Scott Segelbaum. It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have received news that famed animator/producer/director/storyboard artist Ron Campbell has passed away at age 81, Segelbaum wrote. Ron was a dear friend and my business partner for over a decade. His death leaves a huge void.
He continued, Campbell was one of the final people who literally animated our childhoods. . Making cartoon films was something Ron had dreamed of since he was six years old when he learned that the short films of
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