Veteran SpongeBob SquarePants animator Tucker dies at 59

According to foreign media Deadline, Tuck Tucker (real name William Osborne Tucker III), a senior animator of "SpongeBob SquarePants", died at the age of 59.

Tucker has worked for well-known animated films and TV series such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Little Mermaid, The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, and Hey Arnold! Among them, his role in the SpongeBob SquarePants series is the most important. He served as a storyboard artist for the 2004 SpongeBob SquarePants movie, and served as the storyboard director for 47 episodes of the animated series launched from 2007 to 2014, and was also the screenwriter for 6 of them.

On the 22nd of this month, Tucker's family member Bailey Tucker announced his death on Facebook, but did not disclose the cause of death.