The show was canceled before his heart attack. It had bad ratings.

Disney digital pioneer Bob Lambert

I suppose how you feel about the push to digital CGI type films will determine how sad your cheese is about this one.

Digital was inevitable. I truly hope that there will always be hand-drawn animated films. (Even those are technically digital these days.) It's all about the storytelling. I remember a time, just after Disney bought Pixar, when some were hoping that Pixar would be the CGI brand and Walt Disney Animation would be the traditional brand. It hasn't worked out that way, but at least with Tangled, Disney achieved excellence worthy of comparison with the 90s renaissance classics.

And I don't much mourn the passing of old-school film projection. That art has fallen into such hideous disrepair, at least in the chain cinemas, that I'm happy to get a sharp, bright, reliable digital picture any day. (I do love a good repertory house when they have pristine prints and a projectionist who knows how to do it. That would be the rarest of rarities if you don't live in a major city, alas.)

So, I applaud those who helped shepherd the Disney company into continued relevance. (I just wish the partnership with Ghibli yielded more influence on Disney's domestic output. The artistic hands behind Ghibli films can make me cry before the story even gets started.)

Space Spiral - 1965-2012

My Mom will be so upset. She was supposed to see his show last Christmas but he canceled.

Herbert Lom, Frustrated Boss of Inspector Clouseau, Dies at 95

I wonder if his eye twitched right before he passed.

My Grandmother, Margaret Barker 1922-2012

She started going to Disneyland since the first week and constantly until her birthday in 2010. Some of you met her in passing at the park I believe. She adored everything to do with the park. Loved the Main Street Electrical Parade and Prince John.

If Walt has created a park in heaven, I"m sure it was the first place she went.

Mark I'm so sorry for your loss. Your Grandmother sounds like an amazing woman.

Mark, so sorry for you and your family. She had to have been wonderful and you have so many wonderful memories. Condolences.