Animation Fun Facts for March 7, 2013

Birthdays: Maurice Ravel, Piet Mondrian, Roman Emperor Geta, Luther Burbank, Tammy Fae Baker, Willard Scott, Lynn Swann, Franco Harris, Daniel D. Travanti, Rachel Weisz is 42, Michael Eisner is 71, Wanda Sykes is 49, Peter Saarsgard is 42, Bryan Cranston is 57 1936- Disney short Mickey's Grand Opera. 1988- 300 pound female impersonator Harry Milstead, better known as Divine in the John Waters films, died of sleep apnea. 1999- Film director Stanley Kubrick died just five days after completing his final film Eyes Wide Shut.