| Vance Gerry, Veteran Disney Storyman, Dead at 75
Vance Gerry, a veteran Disney animation storyman, layout artist, and visual development artist since 1955, passed away on Saturday, March 5th at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California, of complications from cancer. He was 75 years old. Regarded as one of the most talented and creative story artists in the animation industry, Gerry contributed to such classic Disney animated features as "101 Dalmatians," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats," "Robin Hood," "The Rescuers," "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," "The Great Mouse Detective," "Oliver & Company," "Pocahontas," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Hercules," "Tarzan," "Fantasia/2000," and "Home on the Range." Up until his death, Gerry continued to work closely with 96-year-old Disney legend Joe Grant (who co-wrote "Dumbo," and designed the Queen/Witch character for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"), and Burny Mattinson (a 50-year veteran himself whose credits include animating, directing and storyman), adapting books and developing original story ideas. The trio comically referred to their group as the "Geriatricals."
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