SpongeBob SquarePants' creator Stephen Hillenburg is dead at age 57 - ABC News

He said he'd been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, in 2017.
Hillenburg revealed in March 2017 that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

SpongeBob SquarePants' creator Stephen Hillenburg is dead at age 57 - ABC News

SpongeBob' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

SpongeBob SquarePants' Creator Stephen Hillenburg Dies At 57

SpongeBob SquarePants' creator Stephen Hillenburg is dead at age 57 - Good Morning America

SpongeBob SquarePants' Creator Stephen Hillenburg Dies At 57

SpongeBob SquarePants' creator Stephen Hillenburg dead at 57

Stephen Hillenburg, 'Spongebob Squarepants' creator and HSU alum, dies at 57

SpongeBob Squarepants' creator Stephen Hillenburg dead at 57

SpongeBob' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57 - WBBJ TV

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Sponge Bob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg Has Passed Away

SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg dies of Lou Gehrig's disease aged 57 - ABC News

SpongeBob Squarepants' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

Nickelodeon: Stephen Hillenburg, whose daffy animated 'SpongeBob SquarePants dies at 57