Woody, Buzz, Simba and Jack Skellington, along with dozens of other classic animated characters, have lost one of the key figures responsible for their existence, and Pixar will undoubtedly never be quite the same.
Animation fans around the
world are mourning the shocking death of Joe Ranft, the Oscar nominee who co-wrote the "Toy Story" screenplay as well as scripts for "The Lion King," "A Bug's Life" and "Beauty and the Beast." The 45-year-old Pixar and Disney veteran died Tuesday when the car he was riding in veered off a highway in Mendocino County, California, and tumbled down a cliff into the ocean...
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http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1507891/08182005/story.jhtml
Animation fans around the
world are mourning the shocking death of Joe Ranft, the Oscar nominee who co-wrote the "Toy Story" screenplay as well as scripts for "The Lion King," "A Bug's Life" and "Beauty and the Beast." The 45-year-old Pixar and Disney veteran died Tuesday when the car he was riding in veered off a highway in Mendocino County, California, and tumbled down a cliff into the ocean...
the whole story...
http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1507891/08182005/story.jhtml
We hope that the surviving passenger heals completely & quickly-
