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Disney animator Ruthie Tompson has died at the age of 111.She passed away on Sunday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills.Walt Disney Company Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board Bob Iger released a statement today that read: “Ruthie was a legend among animators, and her creative contributions to Disney — from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Rescuers — remain beloved classics to this day."While we will miss her smile and wonderful sense of humor, her exceptional work and pioneering spirit will forever be an inspiration to us all,” he concluded.Ruthie was a part of the Hollywood studio from its earliest days and in the 1920s, she lived near the Disney Bros.

The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday.Born on July 22, 1010 in Portland, Maine, Thompson moved from Boston, to Oakland, California and, ultimately, Los Angeles in 1924. In a twist of fate, her family would just so happen to move-in down the block from Disney studio founders Walt and Roy, who were lived with their uncle Robert Disney when they first arrived in LA.Their homes were in close proximity to the original Disney Bros.

Disney animator Ruthie Thompson has died at the age of 111.She passed away on Sunday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills.Walt Disney Company Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board Bob Iger released a statement today that read: “Ruthie was a legend among animators, and her creative contributions to Disney — from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Rescuers — remain beloved classics to this day."While we will miss her smile and wonderful sense of humor, her exceptional work and pioneering spirit will forever be an inspiration to us all.”Ruthie was a part of the studio from its earliest days and in the 1920s, she lived near the Disney Bros.