Death
Isadore Sparber died August 29, 1958 in New York City. It has been said that this may have been a factor in Paramount's 1959 decision to discontinue production of several cartoon series and sell the rights to Harvey Comics, but apparently this is not the case. During the reorganization of Famous Studios into Paramount Cartoon Studios in late 1956, Sparber was fired along with a number of other veteran Famous Studios staffers as a measure to cut costs. That Sparber continued to collect credits until long after he was gone is a result of the long gestation time in animation; indeed, Sparber's last cartoon, "Travelaffs" (1958), opened just one week before he died.
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