What is Ron Cobb?
'''Ronald Ray Cobb''' (September 21, 1937 – September 21, 2020) was an American-Australian cartoonist, artist, and movie designer. Cobb was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He worked on many movies such as ''[[Dark Star (movie)|Dark Star]]'' (1974), ''[[Star Wars (movie)|Star Wars]]'' (1977), ''[[Alien (movie)|Alien]]'' (1979), ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981), ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 movie)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' (1982), ''[[Back to the Future]]'' (1985), ''[[The Abyss]]'' (1989), and ''[[Total Recall (1990 movie)|Total Recall]]'' (1990). == Life and career == In his 18, Ronald was working as an artist for [[Disney]] Studios in [[Burbank]], [[California]]. He became a breakdown artist on the ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1959). After his completing ''Sleeping Beauty'' in 1957, Disney laid Cobb off. After that he worked as a mail carrier, assembler in a door factory and served in army. In 1969 Ronald designed the Ecology symbol, which then turned into the Ecology Flag.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us_eco.html | title=Ecology Flags (U.S.) }}</ref> Cobb died on September 21, 2020 in [[Sydney]] from [[Lewy body dementia]] on his 83rd birthday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ron Cobb, a Pioneer in Science Fiction Design, Dies at 83|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/movies/ron-cobb-dies.html|last=Fortin|first=Jacey|work=The New York Times|date=September 23, 2020|access-date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|id=0167803}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobb, Ron}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from dementia with Lewy bodies]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of Australia]] [[Category:American cartoonists]] [[Category:American comics artists]] [[Category:American animators]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:Australian artists]] [[Category:Writers from Sydney]] [[Category:Australian movie directors]] [[Category:Australian screenwriters]] [[Category:Movie directors from Los Angeles]] [[Cate