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- Birth nameFrancis Xavier Atencio
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- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Xavier Atencio was born on September 4, 1919 in Walsenburg, Colorado, USA. He was a writer, known for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and Mary Poppins (1964). He was married to Maureen Sheedy. He died on September 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseMaureen Sheedy(? - September 10, 2017) (his death, 3 children)
- Enlisted in the U.S. Army on 23 September 1941 right before the US entered World War II.
- He was an animator of early Disney movies including "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia," and a Disney "imagineer" who was instrumental in creating stories and songs for the theme-park rides Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion. He began working for Disney when he was 18. In 1996 the company declared him a Disney Legend.
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