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October 11, 2006
Sir Elton John Among 12 Honorees to Receive Prestigious Disney Legends Award
Award Given by The Walt Disney Company to Those Who Have Made Significant Contributions to the Disney Legacy.
ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings to Receive Award Posthumously.
BURBANK, Calif. -- The Walt Disney Company is honoring legendary songwriter Sir Elton John, as well as 11 additional inductees, with the prestigious Disney Legends Award during a ceremony at The Walt Disney Company headquarters.
The 12 new Disney Legends include leaders in the fields of music, journalism, art, performance, engineering and business. Among them are:
• Renowned singer and songwriter Sir Elton John;
• ABC News anchor Peter Jennings;
• Actors Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran (Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, Mickey Mouse Club);
• Actors Tim Considine and David Stollery (The Adventures of Spin and Marty);
• Actress Ginny Tyler (Mickey Mouse Club)
• Disney and Pixar animation story artist Joe Ranft;
• Voice actor Paul Frees (Haunted Mansion, Ludwig Von Drake);
• Disney Imagineer Don Edgren (Disneyland, Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain);
• Animation background artist Al Dempster;
• Founder of Walt Disney Records, Jimmy Johnson
The Disney Legends Award was established in 1987 to honor the men and women who have made significant contributions to the Disney legacy. The first recipient of this prestigious distinction was actor Fred MacMurray (The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, The Happiest Millionaire), and since that time 203 Disney Legends have been named, including this year's recipients. Among the past Disney Legends are Julie Andrews, Steve Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Annette Funicello, Dean Jones, Angela Lansbury, Fess Parker, Kurt Russell, Tim Allen, Hayley Mills, Phil Collins, Art Linkletter, Tim Conway, Sir Tim Rice, Howard Ashman and Alan Menken.
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