What is Ken Spears?
'''Charles Kenneth Spears''' (March 12, 1938 – November 6, 2020) was an American [[television]] editor, writer, and [[Television producer|producer]]. He was the co-founder with [[Joe Ruby]] of television animation production company [[Ruby-Spears|Ruby-Spears Productions]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/movies/13kirby.html|title=Jack Kirby’s Heroes in Waiting (Published 2010)|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff|date=April 12, 2010|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> Spears and Ruby created ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[Dynomutt, Dog Wonder]]'', and ''[[Jabberjaw]]''. He was born in [[California]]. Spears died on November 6, 2020 from [[Lewy body dementia]]-related problems at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shafer|first=Ellise|last2=Shafer|first2=Ellise|date=2020-11-09|title=Ken Spears, Co-Creator of ‘Scooby-Doo,’ Dies at 82|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ken-spears-dead-scooby-doo-co-creator-1234825813/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spears, Ken}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from dementia with Lewy bodies]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:Writers from California]] {{US-bio-stub}}