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    R.I.P. Gumby Creator

    by Lisa Mason Lee on January 9, 2010
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    art clokey gumby 300x175 R.I.P. Gumby Creator

    Gumby n' Art Clokey

    Art Clokey, the creator of the “Gumby” doll, passed away at the age of 88.

    Clokey and his wife, Ruth, invented Gumby in the early 1950s at their Covina home shortly after Art had finished film school at USC. After a successful debut on “The Howdy Doody Show,” Gumby soon became the star of its own hit television show, “The Adventures of Gumby,” the first to use clay animation on television.

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