Tuesday, September 12, 2017

X Atencio Dies

https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2017/09/11/legendary-disney-animator-and-imagineer-francis-xavier-x-atencio-passes-away-at-age-98/?cmp=smc%7C1068969644

Lost in all of the Hurricane Irma buildup and news, Disney Legend X Atencio passed away this week. He was one of the masterminds behind Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion (writing both rides' iconic theme songs) as well as Spaceship Earth, World of Motion, and others. Before working in Imagineering, Atencio was an animator on Pinocchio and numerous shorts.

Francis Xavier Atencio was 98.

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