This Week In Obituaries: Dale Baer

Legendary animator Dale Baer has passed away at the age of 70 on January 15th. The longtime Disney animator has worked on stellar projects like Lord of the Rings with Ralph Bakshi, and was even part of the production crew for the upcoming Bob’s Burgers: The Movie slated to release sometime in April.

Ralph who had worked with Dale, had this to say,

Dale Baer was one of the finest animators I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. On “Lord of the Rings”, all of the toughest and hardest scenes, and personality scenes, went to him – especially on Aragorn and Gandalf. We spent many hours talking about his days animating at Disney. He loved his work, he loved animation, and he had nothing bad to say about anyone. I kept in touch with him personally to the very end. We’re going to miss him.