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.

Art Clokey, 88, an animator whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop-culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals, and satires, died Friday in his sleep at his home in Los Osos on California’s Central Coast.

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.

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.

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