On April 16, Oscar-winning director Gene Deitch aka Eugene Merrill Deitch passed away in his apartment in Prague. Gene made everyone’s childhood blissful with cartoons like Tom and Jerry ...

In addition, Deitch worked on Popeye television cartoons and many Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM. In 1959, Deitch moved to Prague after meeting his future wife, animation producer Zdenka Najmanova.

THE beloved animator behind classic cartoons including Tom & Jerry and Popeye has passed away at the age of 95. Gene Deitch was in quarantine with his wife at the time at their residence in Prague ...

Legendary illustrator and filmmaker Gene Deitch will remain immortal in the memories of fans, whose childhoods were defined by Tom & Jerry and Popeye the Sailor. “Gene Deitch’s death is hard ...

Gene Deitch, an Oscar-winning illustrator ... he directed 13 episodes of Tom and Jerry and also some of the Popeye the Sailor series. Deitch captured life in communist Czechoslovakia and later ...

He directed 13 episodes of Tom And Jerry for MGM between 1961 to 1962 and also directed a few episodes of Popeye for King Features between 1960 and 1963. Gene Deitch was born in 1924 and had ...

Gene, whose full name was Eugene Merrill Deitch, was best known for creating the favourite cartoons of 90s Kids like Tom and Jerry and Popeye. Before revolutionizing the entertainment industry ...

The one thing that unites all three of them is Gene Deitch, the director of these historic ... and important part of them- Tom and Jerry and Popeye! He also went on to create another fantastic ...

The American born animator directed 13 episodes of beloved children’s cartoon Tom and Jerry and a number from the series Popeye the Sailor ... Born in Chicago in 1924, Deitch arrived in Prague ...

Gene Deitch, whose film Munro won the Academy Award ... he directed 13 episodes of the animated Tom and Jerry and also some of the Popeye the Sailor series. He later tried to depict life in ...