Bill Peet (Nine Old Men) Disney illustrator dies

[Belle1962]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13159-2002May14.html

 

[wdw4us2]

How sad. I don't think there are too many of the "Nine" still living.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

I thought the Nine Old Men were Les Clark, Woolie Reitherman, Eric Larson, Ward Kimball, Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, John Lounsbery and Marc Davis.

 

[Belle1962]

(Gasping out loud in total surpise) "You mean THE POST may be wrong????"

 

[TheTexasKid]

Horace Horsecollar is correct, Bill Peet was not one of the group commonly known as "The Nine Old Men," but, he did work for a number of years for Disney.
If one wants to see what it was like working for Disney, then read his autobiography, "Bill Peet : an Autobiography." One of the things he mentions, is that not all the employees working for Disney were fond of Mr. Disney.
Enjoy!