Ken Spears, Co-Creator of Scooby-Doo, Dies at 82

A Los Angeles native, Spears first met Ruby when both were sound editors and then staff writers at the cartoon powerhouse Hanna-Barbera, and they created the supernatural kids show, which bowed on CBS in September 1969. All but four of the first 25 episodes were written and story-edited by them.in an undated interview."It was up againstSpears and Ruby also created such characters as Dynomutt, Dog Wonder and Jabberjaw at H-B.

In the early 1970s, CBS president of children's programming Fred Silverman hired the duo to supervise the network's Saturday morning cartoon lineup, and they followed the executive to ABC for similar duties in 1975. Two years later, ABC set up Ruby-Spears Productions as a subsidiary of Filmways, and the company launched Saturday morning animated series around such characters as Fangface, Plastic Man, Mister T and Alvin and the Chipmunks.Survivors include his sons, Kevin and Chris; siblings Victor, Steven, Sharon and Sue Ellen; grandchildren Kayla, Mac, Courtney, Ryan and Megan; and great-grandchildren Kash, Avery and Addison.

Thank you for all R.I.P.😢

This matter.

Ohw so sad 😥 the guy made my childhood great

oh wow rest in peace 😔😔😔

scooby-doo was and is still one of my favorite serie

Praying for the family

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Prayers.Sent.😇💗

Rut Roh

I hate 2020.

Rest in peace Ken. Loved what you made and gave me and so many others. Bless him, rest well

Rip🙏🏻🙏🏻

RIP 🥺

VALMomOf3 😢

Rut rho! RIP Ken

Rest In Peace KenSpears 💙

Ken Spears R.I.P. 😢

Rip

He brought so much joy. Thank you Ken Spears. Rest in Peace.

Thank you for the best parts of my childhood🙏🏿❤️

RIP 🙏 Ken.

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Rip king

dreamerbri Thank you Mr Spears ! 💕

Morara__ Hii inaitwa kuwacha legacy and print your name for the next generations to recognize you

Awwwww thank you for the laughs. Rest in Peace.

So sorry. What a great Saturday Morning Cartoon. Along with some Fruity Pebbles ... mmm. Mr. Spears probably would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids.

Ruh Row 😢 Scooby-Doo was my favorite cartoon! Thank you for the years of wonder and happy Saturday mornings that later expanded to my kids!

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Ret row. 😢

He’s part of the reason I even had Scooby Doo apart of my childhood....

One of the best cartoon shows of all time. Rest in peace Ken.

This was a favorite of my son who is now 12. Timeless 💔

Thank you Mr Spears for the years of entertainment and joy from Scooby Doo and friends.

Ken brought a tremendous group of kids to life through animation. His legacy lives forever. RIP

RIP 🥺

May his soul rest in peace !!!!

R.I P🙏🏿😔

MazvitaJames

This hurts even more because Joe ruby had died 3 months ago

RIP, thank you for helping create my favorite show.

Joe Ruby AND Ken Spears within the same year? That is just devastating 💔

Ruh Roh

Oh no, my childhood hero, he has made one of my all time favourite shows

R.I.P Ken Spears. I love Scooby-Doo.

Jinkies! Love Scooby Doo! Zoinks! Best childhood cartoon ever! Jeepers! RIP KenSpears 💖🙏🏼 Thank you, sir. 👏🏼

They took the good people, can't have shit in 2020

The original Scoopy Doo was my favorite childhood cartoon

Alot of childhood memories watching Scooby-Doo😔💔

such an underrated co- creator, RIP

Thundar the barbarian was an underrated cartoon from ruby and spears

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Aww..he looks like Shaggy! RIP, Mr. Spears, you gave me many hours of joy as a little girl.

Rip

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😔2020 is ruff, in honor of all those Saturday’s I spent watching Scoob.

JOE RUBY AND KEN SPEARS BOTH SCOOBY DOO LEGENDS DIED THIS YEAR RIP LEGENDS

RIP....one of my favourite childhood shows ever

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