George Newall ti o jẹ alabaṣepọ 'Schoolhouse Rock' ti ku ni ẹni ọdun 88

Adman di oludari ere aworan George Newall, ọkan ninu awọn ti o ṣẹda aworan alaworan ti ẹkọ alaworan Ile-iwe Rock! , ku Oṣu kọkanla ọjọ 30 ni ile-iwosan nitosi abule New York rẹ ti Hastings-on-Hudson. Awọn iroyin ti iku rẹ ni ọjọ ori 88 lati inu imuni ọkan ọkan ni a pin pẹlu  New York Times nipasẹ iyawo rẹ, Lisa Maxwell.

Atilẹba Saturday Morning School Rock! kukuru ti tu sita lati 1973 to 1984. Awọn agutan wá nipa nigbati ipolongo executive David McCall of McCaffrey & McCall sunmọ awọn ibẹwẹ ká Creative director, Newall, nipa a ṣeto awọn akoko tabili to orin lati ran McCall ọmọ òrùka wọn. Pẹlu iranlọwọ ti awọn akọrin Ben Tucker ati Bob Dorough ati oludari aworan ile-ibẹwẹ Tom Yohe ti o pese awọn apejuwe, imọran wa sinu lẹsẹsẹ awọn kukuru ere idaraya.

McCaffrey ati McCall gbe awọn aworan efe si Michael Eisner, ẹniti o jẹ oludari eto eto awọn ọmọde ni ABC ni akoko yẹn. Fifun awọn oluwo ọdọ nipa ọpọlọpọ awọn koko-ọrọ lati imọ-jinlẹ, itan-akọọlẹ ati ilo-ọrọ si imọ-jinlẹ ati imọ-ilu, Ile-iwe Rock! spawned aami edutainment awọn orin bi "Mo wa Just a Bill" ati "Asopọmọra Junction" ni pop asa ala-ilẹ ti awọn 70s ati 80s.

Rock School! ṣẹgun Awards Emmy Ọsan mẹrin lori ṣiṣe atilẹba rẹ, pẹlu ọpọlọpọ awọn yiyan diẹ sii fun mejeeji awọn aworan efe ibẹrẹ ati isoji 90s. Asopọ fidio ile ti akole  Ile-iwe Rock! Ile aye ti tu silẹ ni ọdun 2009, pẹlu awọn orin 11 tuntun. Awọn show tun spawn a ifiwe gaju ni itage show ni 1993. Walt Disney Company (lẹhinna ni ṣiṣi nipa Eisner) gba awọn ẹtọ idibo ni 1996; Newall ati Yohe kọ  Ile-iwe Rock! The Official Itọsọna  ti odun kanna.

Newall ti wa laaye nipasẹ iyawo kan, stepson ati arabinrin mẹta. O ti kú tẹlẹ nipasẹ awọn alabaṣiṣẹpọ rẹ McCall (1999), Yohe (2000), Tucker (2013), ati Dorough (2018).

[Orisun: New York Times nipasẹ Akoko ipari]