American animator Dych died at the age of 95 and directed "Cat and Mouse"

Animator Gene Deitc passed away According to

Hong Kong media reports, Gene Deitc, an American animator who directed the classic American animation "Tom and Jerry" and participated in the animation production of "Popeye", passed away on the 16th at his residence in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. He was 95. Petr Himmel, a representative of Jean Dych's Czech publishing house, revealed the death to the media, but the cause of death was unknown.

Gene Dych, whose full name is Eugene Merrill Deitch, is born in the United States in 1924 and moved to Prague in 1959. He directed 13 animated films "Cats and Mice" from 1961 to 1962. Gene Dych also participated in the production of the "Popeye" animated series and won the Academy Award for Best Short Animation in 1960 for the film "Munro". When fans learned of his death, they left messages saying that "Cat and Mouse" was their childhood memory and would never forget it.