Ward Kimball

Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914 - July 8, 2002) was an Academy Award winning animator for the Walt Disney Studios and a jazz trombonist.

He founded and led the seven piece Dixieland band The Firehouse Five +2, with which he played trombone. They made several records and toured college campuses and jazz festivals during the 1950s.

Kimball also collected old railroad ephemera.

Kimball died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 88.

External link

• Internet Movie Database: Ward Kimball (http://us.imdb.com/Name?Kimball,+Ward)