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ELi Noyes, the Oscar-nominted stop-motion animator who worked on the MTV series 'Liquid Television' and HBO's 'Braingames' among other credits, has died at 81.

Eli Noyes, the Oscar-nominated animator who revolutionized stop-motion filmmaking with his use of clay and sand, has died. He was 81.

Noyes made the Oscar-nominated short 'Clay or the Origin of Species' as an English undergrad at Harvard, launching an influential career in animation.

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