Art Clokey created the cultural icon in the 1950s
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If you've got a heart, then not only is Gumby a part of you, but this news is a bummer. Art Clokey, the creator of the clay animation figure, has died in his sleep at age 88. Clokey and his wife invented Gumby—and his pony pal Pokey, too—in...