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    Stephen Hillenburg, the USD animator who created the famous cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants(海绵宝宝), passed away on November 26. 2018 at the age of 57.

    Growing up in Maine island(美国缅因州), Hillenburg was interested in the ocean as a child and liked art very much. He studied Natural Resource Planning at college and oceans attracted him a lot. "If I have a  to do a show on animals, I would do a show about undersea animals-all the ones that I'm interested in and  , "Hillenburg said to a reporter from Entertainment Weekly in 2010. "I like the sponge because it's one of the most  creatures. "