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Stop-motion animator worked xvith Jules Bass on classic holiday specials
Arthur Rankin Jr., the animator behind the classic holiday special classic "Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer," the "Jackson Five" cartoon series and dozens of others, died Jan. 30 after a brief illness at his home in Harrington Sound, Bermuda. He was 89.
With his partner Jules Bass, Rankin ran the prosperous Rankin/Bass production banner that was behind a slew of specials...