Rolly Crump, one of Disneyland’s most important designers who made crucial contributions to such attractions as the Haunted Mansion, It’s a Small World and the Enchanted Tiki Room, died Sunday at his home in Carlsbad, CA, where he was under hospice care.
He was 93. His death was announced on the Facebook page of his autobiography It’s Kind of a Cute Story. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Roland ‘Rolly’ Fargo Crump passed away peacefully yesterday morning at his home in Carlsbad, CA,” the statement reads. “He was 93 years old.” Crump, who worked as an assistant animator on such Disney classics as Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, and One Hundred and One Dalmatians, joined WED Enterprises, the division that would later become Walt Disney Imagineering, in 1959.
There he became a designer of some of Disneyland’s most popular and enduring attractions and stores, including The Haunted Mansion, Enchanted Tiki Room and Adventureland Bazaar. “Rolly’s most notable work for The Walt Disney Company has profoundly impacted the theme park industry over the years,” the Facebook post says, adding, “He leaves behind a legacy that can never be matched, and the magic he crafted for countless people worldwide will never be forgotten.” In addition to his work for Disney, Crump made significant design contributions to Knott’s Berry Farm, Busch Gardens, the Sultan of Oman, and many more.
A devotee and practitioner of pop art and ’60s-era psychedelic posters, Crump designed the packaging for Ernie Ball guitar strings, familiar imagery to guitar players everywhere.
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