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Bobo sends us a link to the sad news<\/a> that Joseph Benjamin Harris III has passed on at the tender age of 89. He drew the Trix rabbit and wrote the iconic phrase “Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids”. He went on to invent cartoon characters like Underdog and Tennessee Tuxedo.<\/p>\n

Of course, like most of his generation, he was a veteran;<\/p>\n

Joseph Benjamin Harris III was born to Charlie Harris and Gladys Golden in Jersey City on Jan. 5, 1928. He served in the Navy and the Marines and graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn before he started at Dancer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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