FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2015 file photo, SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg attends the world premiere of "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water" in New York. Hillenburg died Monday, ...

Now that’s real money! Who is the richest in the toy chest? Forbes magazine recently listed the top-earning fictional characters in 2003: 1: Mickey Mouse and Friends ($5.8 billion) 2: Winnie the Pooh ...

The creator of Nickelodeon's long-running hit, SpongeBob SquarePants, says he has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. Stephen Hillenburg told Variety that he will continue to work on the show ...

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 ...

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 -- 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 Gehrig ...