'Flintstones' Composer Shaeffer Dies

[SoulManX]

The Flintstones composer Will H. Shaeffer has died from cancer in a nursing home in Palm Springs, California at the age of 78. Shaeffer is famous for his work on the hit animation series as well as I Dream Of Jeannie, The Jetsons, The Tonight Show, and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. He also wrote more than 700 commercials and scooped a Pulitzer Prize for his concert piece "The Sound Of America" - for the U.S.' bicentennial celebration in 1976. Schaeffer divorced his wife of 20 years in 1984 and leaves no children.

 

[The Chairman]

NOOOOOOOOOO!

R.I.P. I send my prayers and condolences.

 

[terry78]

That sucks. He made the scenes in those shows classic with the sound cues.

 

[Ice-man]

yabba dabba dooo....

 

[Catman]

We're losing all the greats.

 

[Drakon]

Too many iconic themes by one person. And now he's gone

 

[Catman]

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[tzarinna]

R.I.P., thanks for molding my young, fragile mind.

 

[Mister J]

Sad news.

I've been enjoying a good deal of his work all this week through the Flintstones marathon on Boomerang.