From the August 1996 Peg-Board
1986 Golden Award winner AL BERTINO died on August 18, 1996. From 1935 until his retirement in 1977 he worked as an assistant animator and storyman for Mintz, Harmon-Ising, Disney, UPA, Snowball, Grantray-Lawrence and WED. He worked on Pinocchio and Fantasia, wrote for the Wonderful World of Disney, and helped create a number of things at Disneyland. The giant bear at the Country Bear Jamboree called 'Big Al' was a self-portrait.
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