BBC News: Scooby-Doo's Creator Dies Aged 81 - Obituary for late animator and character designer Iwao Takamoto, who died of heart failure on January 8, 2007 at the age of 81.
IMDb: Iwao Takamoto - Provides a filmography for Iwao Takamoto, the late animator and animation producer, director, and designer, who developed Scooby-Doo and other Hanna-Barbera characters.
Wikipedia: Iwao Takamoto - Biography of the animator and character design artist Iwao Takamoto, who created Scooby-Doo and worked on several Disney movies.
