Little Mole, “krtek’’ in Czech, is popular with children.
Zdenek Miler, 90; Czech cartoonist created Little Mole
Little Mole, “krtek’’ in Czech, is popular with children.
In the 1950s, Zdenek Miler stumbled over a molehill in woods west of Prague, giving him the idea for an animated cartoon character that has enchanted millions of children around the world and even made it into space on a NASA shuttle. Mr. Miler, creator of the Little Mole character, died Wednesday. He was 90 and spent the last months of his life at a nursing home in Nova Ves pod Plesi, southwest of Prague.
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