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Illustrators create tributes for Stephen Hillenburg 💛

In memoriam 28 November 2018
Artists are saying thank you to the SpongeBob SquarePants creator who died on Tuesday at the age of 57.

Thank you Stephen Hillenburg, you shall always be in our hearts and never forgotten.

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Thank you for showing us it's okay to be yourself. Even if you are just a kid, or a goofball, or a wing nut, or a Knucklehead McSpazatron.

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Rest Easy Stephen Hillenburg ... RIP

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Up, up and awaaaaaayyy! Heart broken about Stephen Hillenburg. Spongebob was a huge part of my childhood.

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One more for Stephen Hillenburg today. I wanted a Krabby Patty SO badly as a kid.

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A Patty for Stephen

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Thank You Stephen Hillenburg

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theres no words to describe how much spongebob has shaped my entire childhood and present, its still the base of my entire sense of humour today. ive made multiple friends through it and it made my life better in so many ways. rest in peace stephen hillenburg, thank u

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Thanks again Steve.

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thank you Stephen Hillenburg for all of your work especially spongebob, it'll always have a special place in my heart

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RIP Stephen Hillenburg. Thank you for the inspiring creativity, fun and countless moments of laughter you've brought to so many people.

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thank you mr. hillenburg for creating something so contagiously funny and relentlessly genuine

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thank you mr hillenburg for making my childhood brighter

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rest easy, ocean man

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you will always be the best goofy goober

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Thank you for being such a force for laughter, good, and some of the funniest cartoons ever Stephen

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I would talk in SpongeBob quotes to make friends back when I was 9. Fast forward almost 20 years later. I still quote SpongeBob to this day. RIP Stephen The jokes were a huge influence to me.

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Thank you, Stephen.

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rest easy hillenburg, thanks for the laughs.

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SpongeBob SquarePants was always a reference to my cartoon knowledge. I am so sorry to hear that Stephen Hillenburg, the show creator was passed away yesterday.

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Rest in Peace, Stephen Hillenburg

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Thank you for all the legit belly laughs you magnificent being, you will be beyond missed. RIP Stephen Hillenburg

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Nearly two decades after SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on Nickelodeon, creator Stephen Hillenburg has died at age 57. He was diagnosed with ALS in 2017.

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