Today in Disney History: October 13, 2008: In a ceremony at the Burbank Walt Disney Studios, the Walt Disney Company inducts 11 new Disney Legends. The 11 new Disney Legends include leaders in the field of music, journalism, art, performance, engineering and business. The 2008 Disney Legends honorees are as follows: Television pioneer Barbara Walters; Broadcasting legend Frank Gifford; Voice actor Wayne Allwine (Mickey Mouse); Voice actress Russi Taylor (Minnie Mouse); Disney Imagineer Bob Booth (Enchanted Tiki Room, New York Worlds Fair Pavilions, EPCOT and Tokyo Disneyland); Disney Imagineer Neil Gallagher (Mr. Lincoln for New York Worlds Fair, Enchanted Tiki Room, Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disneyland Paris); Representative director, chairman and CEO of the Oriental Land Company; Toshio Kagami; Animator Burny Mattinson (Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmations, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King); Animator Walt Peregoy (Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book); Disney Imagineer Dorothea Redmond (New Orleans Square, Fantasyland); Musician Oliver Wallace (Dumbo, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp)
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:10:58 +0000
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