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Gumby (Picture 2). Gumby cartoon images gallery 2. Gumby cartoon pictures collection 2. Mr. Clokey created Gumby soon afterward. As he often said, Gumby’s asymmetrical head, resembling a rakish pompadour, was a tribute to his biological father’s prominent cowlick. “The Gumby Show” had an undercurrent of tender, if slightly surreal, spirituality. (A lifelong seeker of enlightenment, Mr. Clokey tried LSD — but only once, under medical supervision and not till long after he created Gumby, his son said in a telephone interview on Sunday.). “Davey and Goliath” was spiritual by design. Underwritten by what is now the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the series was meant to teach values like charity and tolerance. Mr. Clokey’s first marriage, to the former Ruth Parkander, ended in divorce; his second wife, Gloria, died in 1998. Gumby (Picture 2). Gumby cartoon images gallery 2. Gumby cartoon pictures collection 2. In addition to his son, Joe, from his first marriage, he is survived by a stepdaughter, Holly Harman; a sister, Arlene Cline; a half-sister, Patricia Anderson; and three grandchildren. A daughter from his first marriage, Ann, died in 1974. With the rise of slick, titillatingly violent cartoons in the 1970s, Gumby’s popularity waned. According to many published accounts, Mr. Clokey struggled financially. Then along came Mr. Murphy, and suddenly Gumby was everywhere. Mr. Clokey adored Mr. Murphy’s performance, his son said. But he was also gratified that it was broadcast late at night, when no child was awake to see it. An obituary on Monday about Art Clokey, the animator who created Gumby, using information from his production company, misstated the year he made the animated film “Gumbasia.” It was 1953, not 1955. The obituary also misidentified the materials used to make the title characters of the animated series “Davey and Goliath,” which Mr. Clokey produced with his wife, Ruth. The characters were puppets made of foam and other materials; they were not made of clay. Gumby (Picture 2). Gumby cartoon images gallery 2. Gumby cartoon pictures collection 2.