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Oscar-winning Tom and Jerry director Gene Deitch dies in Prague after 95 years on earth

The Oscar-winning artist spent away on Thursday night at his loft in Prague. 

His Czech distributer, Petr Himmel, told The Associated Press that he passed on 'suddenly.' 

Quality, who's complete name was Eugene Merrill Deitch, coordinated 13 scenes of cherished kids' animation Tom and Jerry and some from the arrangement Popeye. 

Quality filled in as a sketcher for North American Aviation before being drafted for the military and entering pilot preparing. 

In the wake of being released for clinical reasons, the artist at that point based himself in Prague from 1959 and his profession took off. 

His film Munro won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1960. 

He was likewise named for a similar honor twice in 1964 for Here's Nudnik and How to Avoid Friendship. 

Prior, he had made the Tom Terrific arrangement, while the Sidney's Family Tree, which he co-delivered was named for an Academy Award in 1958. 

Quality is made due by his better half and three children from his first marriage, every one of whom are visual artists. 

Fans have taken to Twitter to share sympathies and express how much his work intended to them. 
One shared: 'It makes me so cheerful that Gene Deitch is at long last getting the consideration he merited. he was far beyond the "Tom and Jerry" notoriety he developed. he'll always be missed' 

Another wrote: 'I'm so demoralized to find out about quality deitch. may he find happiness in the hereafter, and may his inheritance keep on being respected for a considerable length of time to come. 

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Emotional: Fans have taken to Twitter to share condolences and express how much his work meant to them