User blog:ARTaylor/Lee, Hamill, and Geronimi Become Disney Legends

Each year at the D23 Expo, Disney has a ceremony for the new Disney Legends Award winners for those who have made an indelible mark on the history of The Walt Disney Company. Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger says of the honor, "It’s a celebration of talent, a recognition of achievement, and an expression of gratitude to the men and women whose work has significantly contributed to Disney’s enduring reputation for creative excellence." In the thirtieth year of the award it will be given to those including Clyde Geronimi, Mark Hamill, and Stan Lee.

Geronimi joined the studio in 1931 working on Silly Symphony and other shorts before eventually working on several films including The Three Caballeros, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Cinderella, Peter Pan, One Hundred and One Dalmations, and Sleeping Beauty. He even worked on early Marvel animation with The Marvel Super Heroes and Spider-Man.

Mark Hamill is best known as Luke Skywalker in the epic Star Wars saga, now owned by Disney. He was also part of Disney-owned ABC's General Hospital as well as voicing several Marvel characters like Hobgoblin, Maximus, Sentry, Triton, Gargoyle, Red Skull, and Klaw. He will be honored along with his late Star Wars co-star Carrie Fisher.

And last but certainly not least, is Stan Lee. And if you don't know you he is by now you are definitely on the right site.