Animator behind popular puppet TV shows “Captain Scarlet,” “Stingray” and “Joe 90” dies in his sleep on Wednesday, December 26.

Former Warner Bros. animator Rusty Mills dies at the age of 49 following a battle with colon cancer.

Top visual effects producer Eileen Moran, who worked on such films as “Avatar” and “The Hobbit” dies in New Zealand.

Haarlem-based animator Gerrit van Dijk passed away on December 4 at the age of 73.

Fyodor Khitruk, the creator of the former Soviet Union's animated version of A.A. Milne's classic “Winnie the Pooh” tales, has died in Moscow at the age of 95.

One of the most versatile and talented visual development artists, designers, and storymen to ever work at The Walt Disney Studios passed away on Thanksgiving Day from congestive heart failure.

Veteran animator and director Margaret Nichols passes away at the age of 82.

Pioneering voice actress Lucille Bliss passes away at age 96.

British animator Run Wrake dies at the age of 47.

Czech animator and puppeteer Bretislav Pojar, a two-time Cannes winner known for his short films starring a teddy bear duo, dies in Prague at the age of 89.