Last of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men" dies

Walt Disney animator Ollie Johnston works on a drawing for "Jungle Book" in this
August 1965 publicity photo released to Reuters on April 15, 2008.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- The last of Walt Disney's original team of animators, known as the Nine Old Men, has died at the age of 95, a Walt Disney Co spokesman said on Tuesday.

Ollie Johnston worked for Disney for 43 years, drawing characters for animated Mickey Mouse short films before contributing to such classics such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Pinocchio", "Peter Pan" and "The Jungle Book."

Johnston died of natural causes in a long-term care facility in Sequim, Washington on Monday. full story