As per our current Database, Wolfgang Reitherman has been died on May 22, 1985 (age 75).
When Wolfgang Reitherman die, Wolfgang Reitherman was 75 years old.
| Popular As | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
| Age | 75 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | June 26, 1909 (Germany) |
| Birthday | June 26 |
| Town/City | Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
Wolfgang Reitherman’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Wolfgang Reitherman was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Longtime Disney employee who worked as an Animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Lady and the Tramp. He also directed Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, and several other popular Disney movies.
He began his career at Disney in the early 1930s, working on such classic short films as Elmer Elephant and Music Land.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his Service in World War II as a member of the United States Air Force.
He spent his earliest years in Munich, Germany, but was raised primarily in the United States. His marriage to Janie Marie McMillan Reitherman lasted from the mid-1940s until his death in 1985 and produced sons named Richard, Robert, and Bruce.
He and Les Clark were part of a group of animators known, collectively, as "Disney's Nine Old Men."
