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Mel Shaw (1914-2012)

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Visual devel­op­ment artist, ani­ma­tor and story man Melvin “Mel” Shaw, named a Dis­ney Leg­end in 2004, has died at 97, lay­out artist Mike Per­aza announced.

Shaw has been called one of Disney’s “elder states­men” of ani­ma­tion. Walt Dis­ney, who per­son­ally recruited him to join his team, observed another side.

Dur­ing his early polo play­ing days, Shaw recalled first meet­ing Dis­ney at the field, who announced, “You ride like a wild Indian!” And thus, the door opened for Shaw to infuse his pas­sion into Dis­ney animation.
http://blog.bcdb.com/disney-animator-st ... s-97-5182/
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Very sad, I was wondering if he was still around.

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Wow, that's quite depressing. RIP, Mr. Shaw.
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Extremely sad. RIP, dude.
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