A well-known name in the animation industry, Bob Givens career spanned decades with one of his biggest achievements being the man who gave Bugs Bunny his modern design.
Givens would tweak the design and his vision of the modern Bugs Bunny would appear in the animated 1940 short “A Wild Hare,” which you can watch below.
Givens passed away while receiving palliative care for an illness at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank.
His daughter, Mariana Givens, reported his death via Facebook (via International Business Times) after saying the day prior his condition had changed.