Charles Ridgway Gets His Own Day in Orlando, Proclaimed by Mayor Buddy Dyer
For his 90th birthday, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer proclaimed July 26, 2013, “Charles Ridgway Day” in the city of Orlando.
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Disney Pays Tribute to “America’s Sweetheart”
Before family, fellow Mouseketeers, co-stars and friends, Disney Chairman and CEO Robert A. Iger—with a little help from Mickey Mouse himself—unveiled the newly renamed “Annette Funicello Stage.”
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Disney Legend Buzz Price Honored with a Window on Disneyland’s Main Street, U.S.A.
On Tuesday, April 9, a window dedication took place at the Disneyland Resort in honor of late Disney Legend Harrison “Buzz” Price.
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Mel Shaw Life Celebration
A touching tribute to the late Mel Shaw, a visionary Disney animation artist, was held at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California on February 19, 2013.
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Eight Honored as 2013 Disney Legends
Thousands of Disney’s most loyal and passionate fans were live witnesses to history on Saturday afternoon at the Anaheim Convention Center as The Walt Disney Company honored the eight newest inductees into the prestigious circle of Disney Legends. Tony Baxter. Collin Campbell. Dick Clark. Billy Crystal. John Goodman. Steve Jobs. Glen Keane. Ed Wynn. These …
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Steve Jobs
Success followed success [for Jobs], with the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad each becoming ubiquitous among a gadget-hungry populace. Steve also oversaw the development of Apple retail and online stores. All this activity culminated in 2011 when Apple became the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. When The Walt Disney Company acquired Pixar Animation Studios in 2006, Steve became the Company’s largest shareholder overnight, joining the Disney board of directors in 2006.
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Collin Campbell
Collin’s first full-time assignment [with WDI] was the Enchanted Tiki Room, which he helped develop. For the World’s Fair he sculpted cavemen for Ford’s Magic Skyway, built models and sets for It’s a Small World, and designed concept art for the Carousel of Progress. With Claude Coats he developed Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland; Collin built the model for the attraction’s Blue Bayou area and designed its trademark flat-bottomed boats.
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Dick Clark
Dick [has produced] what has been estimated at more than 7,500 hours of programming spanning more than 30 series, 250 specials, and 20 television and theatrical films. An icon of the teenybopper set, his eternally youthful appearance would earn him the nickname “America’s oldest teenager.”
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Billy Crystal
“He’s my favorite character I’ve ever played,” Billy Crystal once said of Mike Wazowski, the frenetic, green, cyclopean monster from 2001’s Monsters, Inc. and 2013’s Monsters University. Billy’s voice acting and improvisational talents brought the excitable, soft-hearted Wazowski to life, making the character, as Billy once explained, “fast and edgy; speedy and nuts; aggressive and …
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Tony Baxter
Some of Tony’s recent accomplishments include the restoration of the Disneyland submarines (a sentimental favorite of Tony’s) with Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage (2007), the re-opening of an enhanced Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough (2008), an upgraded restoration of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (2009), Star Tours — The Adventures Continue (2011), and Fantasy Faire (2013).
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