Yale Gracey

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Yale Gracey
Biographical information
Born	September 3, 1910
Died	September 5, 1983 (age 73)
Career
Occupation	Imagineer

Yale Gracey (September 3, 1910 – September 5, 1983) was a Disney Imagineer, writer, and layout artist for many Disney animated shorts, including classics such as The Three Caballeros and Fantasia. Gracey joined the company in 1939 as a layout artist for Pinocchio. He designed many of the special effects for the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion attractions at Disneyland. The Haunted Mansion character Master Gracey was named in homage to him. Gracey retired from the company on October 4, 1975. On September 5, 1983, Gracey was shot and killed in Los Angeles by a burglar.

See also

• Disneyland
• Pirates of the Caribbean (ride)

External links

• Yale Gracey on Wikipedia
• Yale Gracey at Disney Wiki