Denise Greenawalt, a longtime publicity executive for Walt Disney Studios, dies at the age of 52 following a long illness.

The property -- three buildings on six acres -- is sold for $25 million to Rockwood Capital and Marshall Property & Development.

Stop-motion legend developed many of the techniques that have become today's industry standards.

Photographer and film editor Jay Lawton dies at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 23, after a brief battle with cancer.

Actor and comedian Jonathan Winters dies in his home in Montecito, CA, at the age of 87.

Puppeteer, philanthropist and founder of The Jim Henson Legacy dies in her Connecticut home on April 2, 2013 following a lengthy battle with cancer.

Don Payne, a four-time Emmy winner for “The Simpsons,” died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 48.

Britain's first Oscar-winning animator Bob Godfrey dies at 91.

Petro Vlahos, the visual effects pioneer who developed the blue-screen and green-screen process, died on February 10 in Los Angeles at the age of 89.

William Watts Biggers, the co-creator of the cartoon “Underdog,” dies at the age of 85.

Notable former Disney and Warner Bros. “Tiny Toons” animator Lee Hartman dies on Christmas Eve, at age 82.

Animator behind popular puppet TV shows “Captain Scarlet,” “Stingray” and “Joe 90” dies in his sleep on Wednesday, December 26.

Former Warner Bros. animator Rusty Mills dies at the age of 49 following a battle with colon cancer.

Top visual effects producer Eileen Moran, who worked on such films as “Avatar” and “The Hobbit” dies in New Zealand.

Haarlem-based animator Gerrit van Dijk passed away on December 4 at the age of 73.

Fyodor Khitruk, the creator of the former Soviet Union's animated version of A.A. Milne's classic “Winnie the Pooh” tales, has died in Moscow at the age of 95.

One of the most versatile and talented visual development artists, designers, and storymen to ever work at The Walt Disney Studios passed away on Thanksgiving Day from congestive heart failure.

Veteran animator and director Margaret Nichols passes away at the age of 82.

Pioneering voice actress Lucille Bliss passes away at age 96.

British animator Run Wrake dies at the age of 47.