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Frank Churchill
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20 October 1901 - 14 May 1942
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Frank Churchill is an American film composer and songwriter, Oscar winner. He wrote most of the music for Disney films between 1937 and 1942, including the cartoon. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Bambi (received an Academy Award nomination) Dumbo (For this cartoon, he won his Oscar statuette.) He was born on October 20, 1901. He began his career playing the piano in theaters from the age of 15. After he failed to make a medical career, he continued to pursue music, and joined Disney in 1930,
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Frank Churchill is an American film composer and songwriter, Oscar winner. He wrote most of the music for Disney films between 1937 and 1942, including the cartoon.
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Bambi (received an Academy Award nomination)
Dumbo (For this cartoon, he won his Oscar statuette.)
He was born on October 20, 1901. He began his career playing the piano in theaters from the age of 15. After he failed to make a medical career, he continued to pursue music, and joined Disney in 1930, writing music for numerous short films of this studio, and then switching to a full-length format.
Frank Churchill died on May 14, 1942, the year he received the Oscar at the age of 41, committing suicide on his ranch. It is believed that he shot himself as a result of depression due to several factors - disagreements with the Disney studio, drunkenness, the death of several close friends.