https://deadline.com/2026/03/barry-caldwell-dies-68-1236768403/
"Barry Caldwell, the animator and director known for
Animaniacs (1993-’98)
and
Osmosis Jones (2001), has died. He was 68.
The graphic artist’s longtime friend and colleague, animator Paul Dini, shared
a heartfelt statement about the “funny, kind, a genial giant of a guy that you
liked from the moment you met him” after Dan Haskett informed him of Caldwell’s
death.
“Barry Caldwell was one of the first animation artists I met when I started my
career fresh out of school way back around 1980. He was also one of the finest
artists I ever met, and easily one of the best people. The man’s talent as a
cartoonist, designer and director was revered throughout the industry and I’ll
get to that,” he prefaced in the Facebook post.
Dini added, “When Dan Haskett told me today Barry had passed, it was like a
silent cannonball blowing away a piece of my world. A lot of people’s worlds,
actually. Barry was admired, celebrated and loved by just about everyone,
myself included, for many more reasons than I can list here. Gonna miss you,
pally.”"
Via Susan ****
RIP,
*** Xanni ***
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