Legendary Disney Animator passes
Back when the Disney Company was in its great golden period, they had 9 animators who really were the ones who gave us all those classics, Bambi, Snow White, Cinderella.....And these 9 men later became affectionally known as "The Old Nine Men".
Frank Thomas was one of the last of the Nine. He was 92. He had personally animated Pinnocchio, Captain Hook, Thumper (Bambi), Cinderella's wicked stepmother, and Lady and the Tramp. He personally animated the Lady and the Tramp spaghetti scene, and Bambi and Thumper skating on the ice.
He had been suffering from a cerebral hemorage earlier in the year. And he passed away quietly. There are only two of the Nine left - Ward Kimbal and Ollie Johnson.
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