‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ creator Stephen Hillenburg dead at 57

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11/27/2018 at 13:40 • Filed to: Spongebob, Nick, passings

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Stephen Hillenburg, the man behind Nickelodeon’s megahit cartoon series “SpongeBob SquarePants,” !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! after battling ALS . He was 57.

I never much cared for the show, but that’s still a gut punch. 57 is way too young. 


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Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > user314
11/27/2018 at 13:50

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ALS is the worst. That’ s not far off when my dad passed from it. Its like someone slowly switching off parts of your body one piece at a time while your fully functioning brain gets to watch it unfold.  


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch
11/27/2018 at 14:13

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ALS took my mother-in-law too. As you say, watching somebody with a fully-functioning brain who is unable to speak or move is gut-wrenching. I started watching SpongeBob when my kids started. It’s a damned funny show, very intelligent.


Kinja'd!!! boredalways > user314
11/27/2018 at 14:21

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May he rest in peace.

In the meantime, I'm singing the theme song in my mind for at least the next hour.