Ruthie Thompson, trailblazing Disney animator, dead at 111
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.