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Janice Burgess - creator of Nickelodeon's The Backyardigans - has passed away at 72
The animation and childrens television world is in mourning, with news that The Backyardigans creator Janice Burgess has passed away at 72.
While no cause of death has been immediately revealed, her passing was confirmed by fellow animation writer Fracaswell Hyman on social media He shared an image of Burgess enjoying her time in a beach setting while revealing how he first met her back in the early 1990s'I met Janice Burgess early in my career when I was head writer on Gullah Gullah Island,' he began While no cause of death has been immediately revealed, her passing was confirmed by fellow animation writer Fracaswell Hyman in social media posts. While no cause of death has been immediately revealed, her passing was confirmed by fellow animation writer Fracaswell Hyman in social media posts
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