• (The following paragraph is from Gene's autobiography, available on his website). Gene Deitch is an Oscar-winning animation film director and scenarist.
  • American Oscar-winning illustrator, animator, film director and producer Gene Deitch aged 95 has died.
  • Eugene Merril Deitch, known as Gene, was born on August 8, 1924 in Chicago, the son of Joseph Deitch, a salesman in profession, and Ruth Delson.
  • Ever wanted to watch the Gene Deitch era of Tom and Jerry without having to listen to an unbearably high pitch and an extremely small screen paired with a...
  • Gene Deitch, one of the last of the major figures who worked during the Golden Age of American animation, passed away last night in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Cause of death. GENE DEITCH, the director of the famous Tom and Jerry animated series, has died at the age of 95.
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  • Oscar-winner Gene Deitch (born August 8, 1924), who introduced the world to the power of animation, has died at the age of 95 in Prague, Czech Republic.