LOS OSOS, California – Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died Friday.

A nimator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died Friday.

Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation, Gumby, became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died Friday. He was 88. LOS OSOS, Calif.

Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died Friday. He was 88

California — Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died Friday. He was 88.

Art Clokey, the creator of “Gumby,” poses with a stuffed version of his creation to mark its 50th anniversary at an exhibit of Gumby artwork and paraphernalia at the Lynn House Gallery in Antioch, Calif., in this May 14, 2005 file photo. Clokey …

Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died Friday. He was 88.

LOS OSOS, Calif.

LOS OSOS, C.A. (WPIX) – Animator Art Clokey, who created the bendable Gumby character, died Friday. Clokey, 88, suffered from repeated bladder infections.

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