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On May 6, 2005, Grant died of a heart attack while working at his drawing board in his home studio, at age 96. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] [ 65 ] On June 28, a celebration of life ceremony was held at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California, where his friends, family members, and colleagues paid their respects. [ 66 ]
May 10, 2005 · Special to The Times. Joe Grant, one of Walt Disney’s most talented artists and story men, whose career ran from the cartoon “Mickey’s Gala Premiere” (1933) to the Oscar-nominated short “Lorenzo”...
Joe Grant, a legendary Disney artist who designed the Queen/Witch in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” died of a heart attack while doing what he loved most, drawing, the Walt Disney Co....
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Joe Grant was an American Disney animator, artist, and writer, as well as a Disney Legend.
Grant was born in New York City and began working for Disney Studios in 1933, beginning with the Mickey Mouse short Mickey's Gala Premiere. He also created the Witch for Walt's first film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs released in 1937 and also helped co-write Dumbo released in 1941 and also led development for Pinocchio and Fantasia both released in 1940. During World War II, he worked on the Academy Award-winning cartoon Der Fuehrer's Face, but left Disney Studios in 1949 to start his own greeting card business. Grant returned to Disney in 1989 and worked on Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), Mulan (1998), and Fantasia 2000 (2000). Additionally, he worked on Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc. (2001).
Sadly, on May 6, 2005, while working at his studio on the animated short Lorenzo, Joe Grant died of a heart attack at the age of 96 just nine days short of his 97th birthday. Chicken Little (2005), which was released six months after his death and the last Disney film on which he worked, was dedicated to him. It was said on the Disney DVD of Lady and the Tramp that Grant and his wife owned a dog named Lady on whom the main character of the movie was based.
A book about both Grant and Joe Ranft, who died in a car accident on August 16, 2005 (just three months after Joe Grant's passing) entitled Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers (ISBN 9781423110675) by Animation Historian John Canemaker was published on August 3, 2010.
Grant was inducted as a Disney Legend in 1992.
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May 11, 2005 · He was 96. Mr. Grant died after having a heart attack while working at his drawing board at his home studio, according to a statement by the Walt Disney Company.
May 9, 2005 · Joe Grant, one of Walt Disneys most creative and trusted artists and storymen, who designed the Queen/Witch character in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, and co-wrote DUMBO, passed away May 6 at his home in Glendale, California. He was 96, just nine days short of his 97th birthday.
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May 10, 2005 · GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - Artist and writer Joe Grant, who created such Disney characters as the queen-witch character in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and co-wrote "Dumbo," has died. He was 96.
