Posts Tagged ‘obituaries’

R.I.P. Pres Romanillos

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

I was saddened to hear of the death of animator Pres Romanillos on July 17. An extremely talented artist – some of his work can be seen on his art blog, Romanillos worked on numerous animated films for Disney and Dreamworks. Most recently, he worked on Prince Naveen in The Princess and the Frog. He had been battling leukemia and the cancer ultimately took his life at the unfairly young age of 47.

Cartoon Brew’s obituary for Romanillos includes a number of links to tributes and remembrances by his friends and family. My heart is with them during this sad time.

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R.I.P. Eddie Carroll

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Eddie Carroll passed away last Tuesday, April 6, at age 76. He was a talented actor known for his one-man show in which he impersonated legendary comedian Jack Benny. He was also a writer and penned some scripts for television animation. But animation fans probably know him best – even if they didn’t know his name – as the current voice of Jiminy Cricket. Carroll got the part after Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards – the original voice of Pinocchio’s miniscule conscience, passed away. He started in 1973 and continued to serve as the Cricket’s voice until his death. Carroll’s spot-on imitation of Edwards’ voice can be heard in countless TV shows, video games, Disney park attractions, and anywhere else that Jiminy made an appearance since the early 70s. The L.A. Times obituary discusses his life and various talents and font of pop culture knowledge Mark Evanier has posted a nice tribute on his site, along with several follow-up posts about Carroll and his work.

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R.I.P. Art Clokey

Saturday, January 9th, 2010



Yesterday brought the sad news that Art Clokey, best known as the creator of Gumby and Davey and Goliath, had passed away at age 89. This obituary gives a nice overview of his life and work. Above is Clokey’s short film “Gumbasia” – the name being a combination of “gumbo”, the nickname for the clay-like mud Clokey used to play with when visiting his grandfather’s farm, and the Disney film Fantastia. Clokey’s work was a huge influence on the world of animation and he will be greatly missed.

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R.I.P. Roy E. Disney

Friday, December 18th, 2009

You’ve probably heard by now that Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt, passed away on December 16 at age 79. He is best remembered by animation fans as a champion of the art form who fought to keep traditional hand-drawn animation alive at Disney. I am glad to know that he lived long enough to see hand-drawn features return to Disney, a sentiment that has been expressed in many tributes to the man.

The obituary from the Los Angeles Times has a good overview of Roy Disney’s life and accomplishments.

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