Bob's father sponge is dead – TV

Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Spongebob, died at 57 years old. Announced with a Nickelodeon tweet: "We observed a minute of silence in the honor of his life and his work," he says in the announcement. Biologist and marine researcher, Hillenburg was tired of Sla since March 2017. The idea of ​​the sponge-shaped character had come to him from a comic book that he had made with a didactic intent. when he was teaching marine biology at the Orange County Marine Institute. The series has been on the air with Nickelodeon since 1999 and is a great success. Hillenburg received two Emmys for his drawing. Two films for the cinema were also taken from the series: SpongeBob – Il Film and its sequel, SpongeBob – Out of the Water. A third film was also planned.