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Ozawa was going to be a pianist — until he broke his fingers.

Kozachik made a lot of classic characters come to life.

“I have decided to donate my life’s work of photography to you, the people of Colorado.”

So what does one do when at the top of a career at the top animation studio? He quit.

“The person who kept rag alive almost single-handedly during all the dark years was really Max Morath.”

As a kid growing up in nearby Burbank, I often begged my father to take me there.

“To discover people who have new ways of saying things with film is thrilling. It keeps the idea alive that there are still surprises out there.”

Born in Kansas City, Mo., to a clarinetist father and a singer mother, DeRosa went into the family business playing a French horn, usually as a studio musician, available for hire for anyone who needed a horn for a recording. Classical? Jazz? Movie/TV soundtracks? He did it all, playing for Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, John … Read more