{"id":3121,"date":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/3121"},"modified":"2023-08-10T07:48:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T07:48:07","slug":"tom-and-jerry-director-gene-deitch-dies-aged-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisisamman.com\/en\/3121\/tom-and-jerry-director-gene-deitch-dies-aged-95","title":{"rendered":"Tom And Jerry Director Gene Deitch Dies Aged 95"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom and Jerry director Gene Deitch passed away earlier this week at the age of 95.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p>The Oscar winner was found dead on Thursday night at his apartment in Prague in the Little Quarter area.<\/p><div data-config='{\"componentType\":\"gpt\",\"targeting\":{\"index\":4,\"hivis\":\"n\"},\"injectionConditions\":[{\"condition\":\"stopONAffiliateContent\"}],\"referenceNode\":\".article-body > p:nth-of-type(2)&#8221;,&#8221;sizes&#8221;:[[8,8]],&#8221;hideOnSensitiveArticle&#8221;:true,&#8221;relativePos&#8221;:&#8221;after&#8221;,&#8221;additionalClass&#8221;:&#8221;in-article&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;div-gpt-ad-vip-slot&#8221;,&#8221;type&#8221;:&#8221;VIP&#8221;}&#8217; data-google-query-id=&#8221;COuZo9Or9-gCFY6TGwodenMGFA&#8221; data-gpt-placeholder=&#8221;&#8221; data-rendered-height=&#8221;8&#8243; data-rendered-width=&#8221;8&#8243; data-requested=&#8221;18402.20000000045&#8243; data-response-end=&#8221;35935.58000000121&#8243; data-response-start=&#8221;14269.030000001294&#8243; data-timer-slot-rendered=&#8221;22330.415000000357&#8243; data-type=&#8221;gpt&#8221;><iframe title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news_2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" srcdoc=\"\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-integralas-id-f487d029-f586-dd46-1b4e-6505f5f7bdcb=\"\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div><p>His Czech publisher Petr Himmel said he died &#8220;unexpectedly&#8221;, according to The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/9dfb0cc589015d5b0900bd35e1638815\" rel=\"nofollow\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p>  <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May your soul Rest in Peace<br>You made our children awesome<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GeneDeitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GeneDeitch<\/a> \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rJvjAXoYTz\">pic.twitter.com\/rJvjAXoYTz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Joe Mahfouz (@JoeMahfouz26) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMahfouz26\/status\/1252182830597255170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <\/p><p><br><\/p><p>Throughout his long career, Gene directed 13 episodes of Tom and Jerry and several episodes of the series Popeye, both of which were an essential part of many people&#8217;s childhoods. <\/p><p><br><\/p><p>May his soul rest in peace.<\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom and Jerry director Gene Deitch passed away earlier this week at the age of 95. 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