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Walt Disney 'Bambi' artist dies at 106
Tyrus Wong was a "Disney Legend"
By AZADEH ANSARI AND JOE SUTTON , CNN
Posted: 11:50 PM, December 30, 2016
Updated: 3:55 AM, December 31, 2016
(CNN) - Tyrus Wong, best known for his sketches for the Walt Disney animated feature "Bambi", died Friday, according to a statement released by The Walt Disney Family Museum.
Wong was 106.
"Legendary Disney artist Tyrus Wong had a gift for evoking incredible feeling in his art with simple, gestural composition," the statement said.
Wong got his foot in the door at Disney as an entry level animator in 1938 -- drawing hundreds of Mickey Mouse sketches, the statement said.
But his first big break came with "Bambi", the story of the white-tailed deer...
http://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/walt-disney-bambi-artist-dies-at-106
Tyrus Wong was a "Disney Legend"
By AZADEH ANSARI AND JOE SUTTON , CNN
Posted: 11:50 PM, December 30, 2016
Updated: 3:55 AM, December 31, 2016
(CNN) - Tyrus Wong, best known for his sketches for the Walt Disney animated feature "Bambi", died Friday, according to a statement released by The Walt Disney Family Museum.
Wong was 106.
"Legendary Disney artist Tyrus Wong had a gift for evoking incredible feeling in his art with simple, gestural composition," the statement said.
Wong got his foot in the door at Disney as an entry level animator in 1938 -- drawing hundreds of Mickey Mouse sketches, the statement said.
But his first big break came with "Bambi", the story of the white-tailed deer...
http://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/walt-disney-bambi-artist-dies-at-106
