Andy Paley (1952 – 2024)

[PinkPugPrincess]

Yesterday, we lost Andy Paley, who, with Tom Kenny, wrote the SpongeBob songs "The Best Day Ever", "Where's Gary?", and "Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas)". In July, Paley was diagnosed with throat cancer. He was cancer-free from September until it returned on the 7th of this month, this time being too advanced to treat. Yesterday, he was moved to a respite house, where he succumbed to his throat cancer.

I found out about his passing from this edit to Encyclopedia SpongeBobia's "List of deceased crew members" article, and I thought to myself, "Oh, no! That's really sad." I then discovered articles from Variety and Yahoo.

R.I.P. Andy Paley (November 2nd 1952 – November 20th 2024)

 

[Squidward1999]

May he rest in peace...

 

[Abbbb]

He wrote 3 of SpongeBob's best songs. Bye, Paley.

Edit: OK, I just listened to Where's Gary in the first months in month, and I can't believe I ever liked that song

 

[Hugs4Softie]

He will be missed, he wrote some of my favorite SpongeBob songs...