The Disney world is in mourning this afternoon, as news has broken that Roger Allers, the famed Disney animator, story artist, and director, has passed away at the age of 76. Born June 29, 1949, in Rye, New York, Allers fell in love with animation after watching Walt Disneys Peter Pan. Moving to Scottsdale, Arizona, as a child, he eventually studied Fine Arts at Arizona State University. Upon...
