"SpongeBob" creator dead at 57

SpongeBob SquarePants Meet the Creator Stephen Hillenburg Nickelodeon Animation Studio

SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg dead at 57

Mourning the loss of Emmy winner Stephen Hillenburg, Creator and Executive Producer of SpongeBob SquarePants. Here’s a clip from the 45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards earlier this year where Tom Kenny presents a Special Recognition Award to Stephen on behalf of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | Daytime Emmys

Oh doodless on Instagram: "That yellow dude is wilder than you think, fam! The craziest fact is that the show’s creator, Stephen Hillenburg, was a marine biologist before he got into animation. So, the dude who drew a squirrel from Texas living under the sea in a dome (Sandy Cheeks) actually had a science degree! Even funnier? He also once worked as a fry cook at a seafood restaurant. So, SpongeBob is literally a square sponge working his grill job under the ocean, making those secret Krabby Pat