Stephen Hillenburg, the man behind Nickelodeon’s megahit cartoon series "SpongeBob SquarePants," died on Monday. He was 57. Nickelodeon told Fox News in a statement the network is "incredibly saddened ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” has died, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday.

According to his death certificate, Hillenburg died due to heart failure as a result of ALS — a disease he revealed to the public in 2017. Hillenburg’s ashes were scattered at least 500 yards off the ...

Days after Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob SquarePants," died, fans of the show are rallying to pay tribute to his legacy by emulating a stand-out episode of the show.

A loveable Tripp DeMille is cast as the bumbling, naive Patrick Star. DeMille nails the pink seastar’s deep voice and ...

Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Nickelodeon's long-running hit, SpongeBob SquarePants, has died at 57. Hillenburg died of ALS, which he revealed he had been diagnosed with in March 2017. "We are ...

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob SquarePants and the absurd undersea world he inhabited, has died at age 57, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday. Hillenburg died Monday of Lou Gehrigh ...

Hillenburg announced last year that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the neurodegenerative condition known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. p pulse Follow Stephen Hillenburg, a former marine biology ...

Stephen Hillenburg, a former marine biology teacher who created a children’s show that ballooned into an unlikely cultural phenomenon, “SpongeBob SquarePants,” died Monday at his home in Southern ...

SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg, shown here at the 2015 world premiere of "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water," has died at 57. Stephen Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob ...