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RIP:
Lee Mendelson, Producer of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ Dies at 86
Died on Christmas day, He died of congestive heart failure after a long battle with cancer, his son said.
He and director Bill Melendez “thought we had ruined Charlie Brown forever when it was done.
We kind of agreed with the network.
One of the animators stood up in the back of the room—he had had a couple of drinks—and he said, ‘It’s going to run for a hundred years,’ and then fell down.
We all thought he was crazy, but he was more right than we were.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/lee-mendelson-producer-of-a-charlie-brown-christmas-dies-at-86_3186741.html