X Atencio, the legendary Disney animator and Imagineer who worked on "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia" and helped bring the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion attractions to life at Disneyland, died on Sept. 10. He was 98. Atencio worked for Disney from 1938 through 1984. He left the studio temporarily during World War II to join the Army Air Corps. He was inducted as a Disney Legend in 1996. ...

Marty Sklar, the former head of Walt Disney Imagineering, tells a great story about Francis Xavier Atencio the man known to everyone in Disney circles as simply X and how Walt Disney unexpectedly tapped X do write the script for a new ride being developed for Disneyland. "Walt was the greatest casting director that ever lived," Marty said. "How he put people together was pretty amazing. I remember, ...