The bench-painted in a cheery, eye-popping yellow at the behest of Hillenburg’s wife, Karen-sits outside his alma mater, Savanna High School in Anaheim, CA. Three years after Hillenburg’s death, members of the SpongeBob cast and Nickelodeon executives joined the animator’s family to unveil a SpongeBob SquarePants Memorial bench, The Mercury News reports. Hillenburg passed away from complications due to ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in 2018. Before creating SpongeBob SquarePants, the cartoonist also worked as a writer on Rocko’s Modern Life and Rugrats. Enamored with undersea life since childhood, he served as a marine biology educator before pivoting to animation. Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants in 1999, and the animated comedy went on to become one of Nickelodeon’s most beloved series. The voice cast of SpongeBob SquarePants gathered to celebrate a new memorial for the late series creator Stephen Hillenburg.
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