Animator-Director Dies in Los Angeles Home at 48

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The 48-year-old helped shape hit adult animated series including “BoJack Horseman” and “F Is for Family.” ...

A television producer and animator behind several adult animated comedies has died following a brief battle with brain cancer. Canadian director Michael John Roberts died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home at age 48 after fighting glioblastoma. Best known for directing episodes and the Season 2 opening sequence of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman, Roberts also co-produced Comedy Central’s TripTank, directed episodes of Bill Burr’s F Is for Family, and served as supervising director on the first season of TBS’ Final Space. “Although his illness came suddenly and the time that followed was heartbreakingly short, it cannot define the man he was,” his obituary read.

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