Andy Luckey [SEP] father
the children's book series "Spin & Sparkle".
He is the son of Director, animator and voice actor Bud Luckey (1934–2018) and a maternal cousin, twice removed, of Animator Earl Hurd (1880–1940) who co-created (with J.R. Bray) and patented the process for Cel Animation—a key component of traditional animation.
Early work.
Luckey learned the craft of animation in his family's studio in San Francisco under his father, animator Bud Luckey. That studio produced numerous animated and
100 children's books containing his characters, including the Golden Book "Mater and the Ghostlight", which featured the "Cars" character Mater.
He featured in the 2011 film "Winnie the Pooh" as the voice of Eeyore.
Personal life.
Luckey was the father of animator/director/producer Andy Luckey, who is best known as a producer of the animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
Death.
On February 24, 2018, Luckey died in his home in Newtown, Connecticut