[Dixielandjazz] Ward Kimball, 88; Key Disney Animator

[Stan Brager]

Ward Kimball the leader and one of the founding members of the Firehouse 
Five Plus 2 has died. His obituary in the Los Angeles Times can be found 
below.

Stan

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Ward Kimball, 88; Key Disney Animator
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By CHARLES SOLOMON
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

July 9 2002

Ward Kimball, the most colorful and eccentric of the Nine Old Men, the key 
group of Disney artists whose work set the standard by which all animation 
is judged, died Monday at Arcadia Methodist Hospital in Arcadia. He was 88 
and died of natural causes.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/la-me-kimball9jul09.story

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