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Wolfgang Reitherman was a German-born American animator who was one of Disney's Nine Old Men.
He began working for Disney in 1933, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts.
Reitherman directed several Disney animated feature films including: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970), Robin Hood (1973), The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh (1977), and The Rescuers (1977).
He died in a car accident in 1985 at the age of 75. In 1989 Reitherman was posthumously named a Disney Legend, a hall of fame program that recognizes individuals who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company.- Gerald Case was born on 26 January 1905 in Horton, Northamptonshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Elephant Man (1980), Henry V (1944) and Assassin for Hire (1951). He died on 22 May 1985 in Windlesham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Gábor Vaszary was born on 7 June 1897 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a writer, known for Mámi (1937), Monpti (1957) and Mit siebzehn beginnt das Leben (1953). He died on 22 May 1985 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.