Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Original Disney animator dies in Washington nursing home
LOS ANGELES -- Walt Disney Studios says legendary animator Ollie Johnston has died at age 95.
Studio Vice President Howard Green says Johnston died of natural causes on Monday at a long-term care facility in Sequim, Wash.
Johnston was the last of Walt Disney's so-called Nine Old Men.
He contributed animation and direction to classics such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Pinocchio," "Fantasia," "Song of the South," "Cinderella," and "Alice in Wonderland."
He also worked on "Peter Pan," "Lady and the Tramp," "Sleeping Beauty," "Sword in the Stone," "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book," "Robin Hood," "The Rescuers," and "The Fox and the Hound."
Studio Vice President Howard Green says Johnston died of natural causes on Monday at a long-term care facility in Sequim, Wash.
Johnston was the last of Walt Disney's so-called Nine Old Men.
He contributed animation and direction to classics such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Pinocchio," "Fantasia," "Song of the South," "Cinderella," and "Alice in Wonderland."
He also worked on "Peter Pan," "Lady and the Tramp," "Sleeping Beauty," "Sword in the Stone," "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book," "Robin Hood," "The Rescuers," and "The Fox and the Hound."
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