Disney artist Joe Grant (Snow White, Dumbo, et al.), 96, at drawing board
Posted: Tuesday, May 10th, 2005 2:48 am
GLENDALE, Calif. — 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.
Grant suffered a heart attack on Friday at his Glendale home while working at his drawing board at his studio, according to a statement released by the Walt Disney Co.
Born in New York, Grant was the son of a newspaper news editor and moved to Los Angeles with his family as a boy. He was hired to draw cartoons and caricatures of famous figures for the Los Angeles Record.
Disney hired Grant in 1933 to work on the animated short “Mickey’s Gala Premiere.” He also was tapped to design the queen-witch character in “Snow White.”
Soon after, Grant headed a department that served as a think thank for future animated projects, which included “Pinocchio” and “Fantasia.” … Read full obituary
