He's on the right in this picture of him and his close friend and colleague, Frank Thomas. Apart from saying he was the last of Disney's 'Nine Old Men', I won't go into Ollie's career as there will be many sites talking about that, written by people who actually knew the guy. All I want to say is that Ollie's work has made a large contribution to how I grew up, even before I knew who he was. Since finding out about the great man, I have come to be inspired not just by his work but by his enthusiasm and ethos. I cannot claim to have known him, but from what I have found out, he was a wonderful animator and a beautiful human being. Beautiful is not a word I use too often when describing people, but in this case it is appropriate.It's a sad, sad loss.
