Editing Chuck Jones (section)

== Later years ==
Through the 1980s and 1990s, Jones was painting cartoon and parody art, sold through animation galleries by his daughter's company, Linda Jones Enterprises.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-23-me-jones23-story.html|title=Chuck Jones, 89; Animation Pioneer|last=Martin|first=Hugo|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 23, 2002|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224055535/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-23-me-jones23-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Jones was the creative consultant and character designer for two [[Raggedy Ann]] animated specials and the first ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' Christmas special ''[[A Chipmunk Christmas]]''. He made a cameo appearance in the film ''[[Gremlins]]'' (1984)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/21/gremlins-blu-ray-review|title=Gremlins Blu-ray Review|last=Shaffer|first=R. L.|work=[[IGN]]|date=May 21, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=February 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217135219/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/21/gremlins-blu-ray-review|url-status=live}}</ref> and he wrote and directed the Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck animated sequences that bookend its sequel ''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]'' (1990).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/gremlins2thenewbatchpg13hinson_a0a978.htm|title=Gremlins 2: The New Batch|last=Hinson|first=Hal|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 15, 1990|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202035405/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/gremlins2thenewbatchpg13hinson_a0a978.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Jones directed animated sequences for various features such as a lengthy sequence in the film ''[[Stay Tuned (film)|Stay Tuned]]'' (1992)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1992-08-15-0000113682-story.html|title=No Need To 'Stay Tuned' To This One|last=Johnson|first=Malcolm|work=[[Hartford Courant]]|date=August 15, 1992|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=October 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009231423/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1992-08-15-0000113682-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a shorter one seen at the start of the [[Robin Williams]] vehicle ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' (1993).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022801310.html|title=Go Behind The Seams of 'Mrs. Doubtfire'|last=Fields|first=Curt|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=February 29, 2008|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731194548/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022801310.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Also during the 1980s and 1990s, Jones served on the advisory board of the [[National Student Film Institute]].<ref>{{cite book|title=National Student Film Institute/L.A: The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival|date=June 10, 1994|location=The Directors Guild Theatre|pages=10–11|ref=Program}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Los Angeles Student Film Institute: 13th Annual Student Film Festival|date=June 7, 1991|location=The Directors Guild Theatre|page=3|ref=Program}}</ref>

Jones's final Looney Tunes cartoon was ''[[From Hare to Eternity]]'' (1997), which starred Bugs Bunny and [[Yosemite Sam]], with [[Greg Burson]] voicing Bugs. The cartoon was dedicated to [[Friz Freleng]], who had died in 1995. Jones's final animation project was a series of 13 shorts starring a timber wolf character he had designed in the 1960s named Thomas Timber Wolf. The series was released online by Warner Bros. in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-17-ca-5778-story.html|title=Chuck Jones's Latest Creation Will Prowl the Web|last=Botwin|first=Michele|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 17, 2000|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224035828/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-17-ca-5778-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2001 until 2004, [[Cartoon Network]] aired ''The Chuck Jones Show'' which features shorts directed by him. The show won the [[Annie Award]] for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Special Project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://annieawards.org/29th-annie-awards|title=29th Annual Annies Winners(2001)|work=[[Annie Award]]|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=January 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102052242/http://annieawards.org/29th-annie-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1997, Jones was awarded the [[Edward MacDowell Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MacDowell Medal winners 1960–2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/8447621/MacDowell-Medal-winners-1960-2011.html |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=April 13, 2011 |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206223846/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/8447621/MacDowell-Medal-winners-1960-2011.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1999, he founded the non-profit Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, in Costa Mesa, California, an art education "gymnasium for the brain" dedicated to teaching creative skills, primarily to children and seniors, which is still in operation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chuckjonescenter.org/|title=Chuck Jones Center for Creativity|website=Chuck Jones Center for Creativity|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525010038/https://www.chuckjonescenter.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In his later years, he recovered from skin cancer and received hip and ankle replacements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mayersoncreative.com/articles/falling_behind_with_the_joneses.html|access-date=April 18, 2020|quote=...&nbsp;He has persevered through skin cancer, a pacemaker, and hip and ankle replacements. This is a lot to have experienced&nbsp;...|title=Falling Behind with the Joneses|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125013402/https://mayersoncreative.com/articles/falling_behind_with_the_joneses.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Death ===
Jones died of [[Heart failure|congestive heart failure]] on February 22, 2002, at his home in [[Corona del Mar, Newport Beach]] at the age of 89. He was [[Cremation|cremated]] and his ashes were scattered at sea.<ref name=obit/> After his death, [[Cartoon Network]] aired a 20-second segment tracing Jones's portrait with the words "We'll miss you". Also, the Looney Tunes cartoon ''Daffy Duck for President'', based on [[Daffy Duck for President|the book]] that Jones had written and using Jones's style for the characters, originally scheduled to be released in 2000,<ref>{{cite web|title=Bugs on Video – The 1960s|url=http://www.dohtem.com/bugs/1960s.htm#president|work=The Bugs Bunny Video Guide|access-date=April 27, 2013|archive-date=May 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511001006/http://www.dohtem.com/bugs/1960s.htm#president|url-status=live}}</ref> was released in 2004 as part of disc three of the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2]]'' DVD set.