TV cartoon pioneer dies at age of 90

Pioneering TV cartoon artist Alexander Anderson Jr, who created Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle the moose, has died aged 90.

Anderson died at a nursing home in California on Friday after battling Alzheimer’s.

The cartoon career came after he teamed up with his childhood friend Jay Ward to make low-budget TV shows.

Their creations also included Crusader Rabbit and his pal Rags the Tiger and Dudley Do-Right.

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