From the March 2002 Peg-Board
BILL BERG, long-time Disney story man and comic strip artist, died of pneumonia in San Juan Capistrano on March 2, 2002. Berg was 84.
Starting as a Disney trainee in 1938, Berg worked his way into the studio story department, contributing stories and gags to Donald Duck shorts. In the mid '50s, he became a writer for segments of the Mickey Mouse Club and Disneyland. He also wrote a series of Jiminy Cricket educational shorts and in 1959, was part of the story crew for the award-winning featurette, Donald Duck in Mathmagicland.
In the 70s and 80s, Berg wrote and drew the Scamp comic strip. He retired in 1988.
The late Bill Berg is not to be confused with the Disney assistant animator of the same name, who is alive and well.
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