About Lee Hartman
Lived 1930 – 2012 (aged 82). Lee Hartman was an American animator.
Leland "Lee" Hartman (February 27, 1930 – December 24, 2012) was an American animator and writer.
Hartman graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
Hartman was employed as an animator for the Walt Disney Company from 1955 to 1960. He also created the original sketch of "Slimer" for the animated Ghostbusters series.
Hartman, who suffered from dementia for six years, had been hospitalized at Kane Regional Glen Hazel Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since early 2012 due to his condition. He died in Pittsburgh on December 24, 2012, at the age of 82. He was a resident of Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania.
Most of Hartman's extensive art collection was donated to the ToonSeum in Pittsburgh, where it will be on display. A smaller portion of his collection was bequeathed to the Heinz History Center.
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American animator
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Lee Hartman was born on 27 February 1930.
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Lee Hartman died on 24 December 2012.
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Lee Hartman was an animator.
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