James MacDonald Biography

Fast Facts

• Died at the age of 84 due to heart failure
• Best known as the original head of Disney's sound effects department, and as the principal voice of Mickey Mouse from the 1940s through the late 1970s
• Was also a talented drummer, playing with the jazz band Firehouse Five Plus Two until the group's breakup in the late 1970s
• Was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetary in Glendale, Calif․, where Walt Disney himself was laid to rest