{"id":2279340,"date":"2026-02-12T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2279340"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:33:09","slug":"susan-grode-art-and-entertainment-lawyer-for-the-simpsons-and-spongebob-squarepants-creators-dies-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/susan-grode-art-and-entertainment-lawyer-for-the-simpsons-and-spongebob-squarepants-creators-dies-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Grode, Art and Entertainment Lawyer for \u2018The Simpsons\u2019 and \u2018SpongeBob SquarePants\u2019 Creators, Dies at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0342826\/\">Susan Grode<\/a>, a fine art and entertainment lawyer who spent decades championing the rights of artists and creators, died Feb. 8 in Los Angeles of natural causes. She was known for her independent thinking and for challenging industry norms in pursuit of fair outcomes for the artists she represented.<\/p>\n<p>Over a career that spanned several decades, Grode became a leading advocate for fine artists, animators, authors and filmmakers, helping to establish contractual protections that remain widely used. Her clients included <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1388817\/\">Judy Chicago<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0004981\/\">Matt Groening<\/a>, the creator of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0096697\/\">The Simpsons<\/a>,\u201d the late <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0384864\/\">Stephen Hillenburg<\/a>, creator of \u201cSpongeBob SquarePants\u201d and author <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3160641\/\">Laura Numeroff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Grode, a fine art and entertainment lawyer who spent decades championing the rights of artists and creators, died Feb. 8 in Los Angeles of natural causes. She was known for her independent thinking and for challenging industry norms in pursuit of fair outcomes for the artists she represented. 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