This is the second post in a row that I’ve had to make about the death of someone. I hope this won’t be a trend 🙁

Now word is coming out that Ollie Johnston, legendary animator and the last surviving member of the Nine Old Men – Walt Disney’s stable of talent that created most of the company’s best-known films and made Disney an enduring entertainment powerhouse – has passed away at 96.

Remember Thumper in Bambi going on about eating his vegetables? That was Ollie Johnston. Remember Baloo dancing with Mowgli in The Jungle Book? That was Ollie Johnston, too.

And Lady and Tramp eating spaghetti? Yup, Ollie Johnston’s handiwork. The guy knew how to make pencil-drawn characters connect with each other. It’s one of the things that makes a Disney movie, a Disney movie. And Johnston along with the rest of the Nine Old Men ...