Disney legend Burny Mattinson has died at the age of 87 following a short illness, The Walt Disney Company has confirmed.
He was the longest serving employee of the company and the last to have been part of the team when Walt Disney still ran it.
Among Burny's many roles over the years, he worked on productions such as Beauty and the Beast 1993 and Lady and the Tramp in 1955. His last production came last year with Strange World. He also played a part in producing classics such as 101 Dalmations (1961), The Jungle Book (1967), The Lion King (1994) and Mulan (1998).
