Robert Herman Givens (March 2, 1918 – December 14, 2017) was an American animator and character designer, responsible for the creation of Bugs Bunny.
[1] His family moved to southern California, hoping the climate would improve the poor health of his father, who was a horse breeder and rancher.
[2] He subsequently joined Warner Bros. for his first stint at the studio, which was spent working with Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert Mckimson and Tex Avery.
[4] He subsequently returned to Warner Bros. in the 1950s and mostly worked as a layout artist under McKimson, and also Jones later on, staying with the studio until its 1954 shutdown.
[7] Givens died of respiratory failure, on December 14, 2017, at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, at the age of 99.