Only 11 years after her death, Elton John sang his ode to Marilyn Monroe: “Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did.”

JOE BARBERA, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, has died.

Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team which produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, has died.

Animation pioneer William Hanna, who with partner Joseph Barbera created such beloved cartoon characters as Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear and Tom and Jerry, died yesterday.