Bea Arthur was married to Bernice Frankel.
Myron Waldman -LRB- April 23 , 1908 -- February 4 , 2006 -RRB- was an American animator , best known for his work at Fleischer Studio .. American. United States. animator. animator. Fleischer Studio. Fleischer Studio. Waldman was born in Brooklyn , New York on April 23 , 1908 .. Brooklyn. Brooklyn. New York. New York ( state ). He was a graduate of the Pratt Institute , where he majored in Art .. Pratt Institute. Pratt Institute. He started his first career work in 1930 at Fleischer Studio .. Fleischer Studio. Fleischer Studio. At Fleischer he worked on Betty Boop , Raggedy Ann , Gulliver 's Travels , the animated adaptations of Superman , and Popeye .. Betty Boop. Betty Boop. Raggedy Ann. Raggedy Ann. the animated adaptations of Superman. Superman ( 1940s cartoons ). Popeye. Popeye. He was head animator on two Academy Award nominated shorts , Educated Fish -LRB- 1937 -RRB- and Hunky and Spunky -LRB- 1939 -RRB- .. animator. animator. Academy Award. Academy Award. Educated Fish. Educated Fish. Hunky and Spunky. Hunky and Spunky. Waldman made the transition when Fleischer Studios was foreclosed on by Paramount Pictures and reorganized as Famous Studios in 1942 .. Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures. Famous Studios. Famous Studios. At Famous he worked mostly on the Casper the Friendly Ghost series .. Casper the Friendly Ghost. Casper the Friendly Ghost. In 1958 he left Famous to become an animation director at Hal Seeger Productions where he worked on the revival of the Out of the Inkwell series , as well as Milton the Monster , until his retirement in 1968 .. Hal Seeger Productions. Hal Seeger. Out of the Inkwell. Out of the Inkwell. Milton the Monster. Milton the Monster. Outside of animation , Waldman partnered with writer Steve Carlin in 1940 to produce the Happy the Humbug comic strip .. Happy the Humbug. Happy the Humbug. comic strip. comic strip. He also created one of the first graphic novels , the wordless novel Eve  : A Pictorial Love Story -LRB- 1943 -RRB- .. wordless novel. wordless novel. In 1986 Waldman received the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Award , and in 1997 was given the Winsor McCay Award for his lifetime work in the field of animation .. Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Award. Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Award. Winsor McCay Award. Winsor McCay Award. Waldman died of congestive heart failure on February 4 , 2006 , at the age of 97 in Bethpage , New York .. New York. New York ( state ). congestive heart failure. congestive heart failure