User blog comment:Konanoki/Stephen Hillenburg Dies at Age of 57/@comment-3969350-20181130035103

I was extremely shocked once I found out he was gone. Seriously, 57 years old is way too young to die. He shouldn't have gotten ALS.

Anyway, may his legacy live on for aspiring animators to draw inspiration from. He was literally the Tex Avery of the 2000s.