Ann Sullivan

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Ann Sullivan (born April 10, 1929 in Fargo , North Dakota , † April 13, 2020 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles ) was an American animator .

Life

Ann Sullivan grew up in North Dakota. She followed her sister to California, where she eventually studied art at the Art Center College of Design . After graduating, she found work as a draftsman at Walt Disney Animation Studios . She gave up the job in favor of raising her four children. She only returned as a draftsman in 1973. She found work at the Hanna Barbera Studios . She returned to Disney in the late 1980s.

On April 13, 2020, Ann Sullivan died three days after her 91st birthday at Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States of complications from a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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  1. Leah Simpson: Longtime Disney animator Ann Sullivan, 91, who was a painter on The Little Mermaid and Lion King, is third person to die of coronavirus at California nursing home for those in the entertainment industry. In: dailymail.co.uk . April 14, 2020, accessed on April 14, 2020 .