Disney Legends Articles and News Stories


‘Don’t Hide Who You Are’ – Inspirational Disney Legend Moments

Acting as the “kiss goodnight” for this year’s D23: Ultimate Disney Fan Event, the 2024 Disney Legends Ceremony was held at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, this past Sunday. The over-the-top ceremony was abuzz with thousands of ecstatic Disney fans and 14 fantastic honorees: Colleen Atwood, Angela Bassett, Martha Blanding, James L. Brooks, James ‘Don’t Hide Who You Are’ – Inspirational Disney Legend Moments

The Magic of Mark Henn Visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom

The celebration of The Lion King‘s 30th Anniversary continues, and soon-to-be Disney Legend Mark Henn recently visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park to enjoy the occasion. See more about this legendary Disney Animator below from The Walt Disney Company’s D23 and in this recent video from Disney Parks, showing Henn’s visit to Animal Kingdom: Henn, Mark Animator; The Magic of Mark Henn Visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Glynis Johns, Disney Legend Known for Role in ‘Mary Poppins’ Passes Away at 100

Disney Legend Glynis Johns passed away on Thursday, January 4, in Los Angeles from natural causes, her manager confirmed. She was 100 years old. Perhaps best known to Disney fans as feminist Winifred Banks in the Academy Award®-winning Mary Poppins (1964), Johns became everyone’s favorite sister suffragette. Walt Disney himself personally selected her to play the career-defining Glynis Johns, Disney Legend Known for Role in ‘Mary Poppins’ Passes Away at 100