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Bill Melendez, 91, an Emmy Award-winning animator(动画片制作者)who transformed the two-dimensional drawings of the peanuts comic strip into some of the most beloved cartoon characters on television and film, died Sept. 2 at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. The cause of death was not reported.
Mr. Melendez，who began his career at the Hollywood animation studios of Walt Disney and Warner Bros., found his greatest fame as the animator of A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Great Pumpkin and dozens of other Peanuts presentations.
With producer Lee Mendelson, Mr. Melendez formed a 43-year partnership that has generated more than 70 Peanuts productions, including four feature films. He also animated more than 370 commercials using Peanuts characters and remains the only animator Charles M. Schulz trusted to bring his famous comic strip figures to life.
