- Joined
- Jan 3, 2001
- Messages
- 9,168
Frank Armitage, Famed Disney Artist and 'Fantastic Voyage' Illustrator, Dies at 91
The Imagineer contributed murals and designs to many theme parks around the world and was an expert in the field of medical drawings.
Frank Armitage, the acclaimed artist and production illustrator who contributed to such Disney classics as Sleeping Beauty and Mary Poppins and to the Fox visual-effects standout Fantastic Voyage, has died. He was 91.
Armitage, a longtime Walt Disney Imagineer who contributed murals and designs to theme parks around the world, died Monday of age-related causes at his home in Paso Robles, Calif., Disney Animation Studios vp communications Howard Green announced.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frank-armitage-dead-disney-artist-852959
The Imagineer contributed murals and designs to many theme parks around the world and was an expert in the field of medical drawings.
Frank Armitage, the acclaimed artist and production illustrator who contributed to such Disney classics as Sleeping Beauty and Mary Poppins and to the Fox visual-effects standout Fantastic Voyage, has died. He was 91.
Armitage, a longtime Walt Disney Imagineer who contributed murals and designs to theme parks around the world, died Monday of age-related causes at his home in Paso Robles, Calif., Disney Animation Studios vp communications Howard Green announced.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frank-armitage-dead-disney-artist-852959
