Leigh Anne Brodsky Dead: Nickelodeon, Discovery Licensing Exec Was 67

Leigh Anne Brodsky, the licensing and marketing executive who helped steer the development and growth of such iconic characters as the Peanuts gang, SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer , has died. She was 67.

Brodsky died Friday in New York of complications from dementia, her husband, former record label and Warner Bros. marketing exec Greg Brodsky, told The Hollywood Reporter .

Brodsky spent about a dozen years at Viacom, most notably as president of consumer products at Nickelodeon, before joining Discovery Communications in May 2016. A few months later, she spoke with THR ’s Georg Szalai about connecting with millennials “who want something that’s authentic.”

Leigh Anne Brodsky, the licensing and marketing executive who helped steer the development and growth of suc