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The cartoon, launched in 1999, has had great success in more than 150 countries. This Tuesday, Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the character "Sponge Bob" died at 57 years.
He succumbed to a neurodegenerative disease, according to the Nickelodeon children's television channel. In 2017, he had himself been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Charcot's disease. Disease for which there is no treatment.
His character, "the square sponge" as the singer of the cartoon, crosses many adventures at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
The television series has also been adapted twice to the big screen, totaling more than $ 475 million in revenue.
Pbadionate about the oceans, Stephen Hillenburg began his professional career in 1984 as a professor of marine biology in Dana Point, California. Before moving towards animation, reminds Le Monde.
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