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Hillenburg was a professor of marine biology in southern California when he started creating marine creatures as educational tools.
The first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, featuring the merry yellow sea sponge and his friends who live in the fictional underwater town of Bikini Bottom, aired on television in May 1999.
The series won numerous awards and produced a series of derivative books, two Hollywood films and a Broadway musical.
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"Steve has given SpongeBob SquarePants a unique sense of humor and innocence that has brought joy to generations of children and families around the world," Nickelodeon said. "His completely original characters and Bikini Bottom's universe will long recall the value of optimism, friendship and unlimited power of imagination."
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