Gordon Bellamy

BELLAMY, GORDON, NEW YORK CITY -- Gordon Bellamy, 70, an animation artist for various production companies, died January 29, 2008 in New York City. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at Thompson's Harveson and Cole Funeral Home. Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: The family will receive friends beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, prior to the funeral. Gordon Richard Bellamy was born November 18, 1937 in Dallas, son of the late Cecil and Lillian Favre Bellamy. He graduated from Crozier Tech in Dallas, and attended Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Gordon's work as an animation artist included notable films such as Sleeping Beauty, The Rescuers Down Under, Space Jam and The Iron Giant to name a few, as well as various television projects including Alvin and The Chipmunks, My Little Pony, Sesame Street, MTV, Robert Smigel TV Fun House as well as rendering the design for "Mr. Bubble." In addition, he was storyboard instructor at Pratt Manhattan and a member of The Animation Guild, Local 839 in Los Angeles. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Angela Scarborough. Survivors: sister, Cecilia Baugh and her husband, Don; children, Gordon Richard Bellamy, Jr., Fawn Nekton and her husband, James, and their daughter Mackenzie, and a son from his early life, Gavin Hill and his family; his sweetie of 30 years, Dabni Harvey; nephews, nieces, cousins and extended family and of course Vincent Van Dogh. Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home and Crematory 702 Eighth Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 817-336-0345

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