Cartoon legend Joseph Barbera dies

Joseph Barbera in 2005 with three of the characters Scooby-Doo (C), Tom and Jerry (R) that he and William Hanna created. Photo / Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood cartoon legend Joseph Barbera, half of the famed Hanna-Barbera team, died on Monday at age 95, the Warner Bros. film studio said in a statement.

Barbera founded Hanna-Barbera with William Hanna and their company was responsible for producing such memorable cartoon characters as the Stone Age family in The Flintstones, the space age clan of The Jetsons and ghost-hunting dog Scooby-Doo.

- REUTERS