Randy Fullmer, ‘The Little Mermaid’ Animator and ‘Chicken Little’ Producer, Dies at 73
variety.comMcKinley Franklin editor Randy Fullmer, a veteran Walt Disney Animation Studios animator and producer who worked on “The Little Mermaid” and “Chicken Little,” died of cancer on July 10.
He was 73. Walt Disney Animation confirmed the news in a statement to Variety. “Most people are good at one thing in their lives.
Randy was good at a lot of things,” wrote Don Hahn, whom Fullmer worked with on “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King.” “He could draw and paint beautifully, but he had the mind of an engineer, and the heart of an artisan.
He was great at animation; great at producing movies, too. He was at the very center of the Disney renaissance in animation, then when he needed a new chapter in his life, he started making exquisite and much sought-after bass guitars with that same engineer’s mind and artistic soul he brought to Disney animated movies.
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