Pop Culture Roundup Jan. 9, 2007

Pedal steel guitarist "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow of the Flying Burrito Brothers has died from Alzheimer's disease complications at age 72, Reuters reports.

Kleinow soon quit for lucrative session work on albums by the likes of John Lennon ("Mind Games"), Fleetwood Mac ("Heroes are Hard to Find") and Joni Mitchell ("Blue").

He later returned to his original calling as a visual effects artist in film and television. Before the Burritos, he had worked on NBC's "The Gumby Show." His later credits included the first two "Terminator" films, and he shared an Emmy for his work on the TV miniseries "The Winds of War."


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Animator Iwao Takamoto, credited with creating Scooby Doo, died Monday, according to The Associated Press.

Takamoto [also] assisted in the designs of some of the biggest animated features and television shows, including "Cinderella," "Peter Pan," "Lady and the Tramp" and "The Flintstones."

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