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Samuel E Cobean

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Samuel E Cobean

Birth
Death
2 Jul 1951 (aged 37)
Burial
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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SON OF DR GEORGE COBEAN. BORN IN GETTYSBURG PA MOVED TO ALTOONA PA 1921. ENTERED GETTYSBURG COLLEGE 1931. WITHDREW FROM COLLEGE MOVED TO OKLAHOMA. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TOOK AN INTEREST IN DRAWING CARTOONS. WENT TO WORK WITH WALT DISNEY STUDIOS 1937 WHERE HE TOOK PART IN DRAWING FOR THE ANIMATION FILM SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. DURING WORLD WAR 2 HE WORKED AT THE WASHINGTON POST NEWSPAPER DRAWING CARTOONS. MOVED TO HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA AND WORKED FOR SCREEN GEMS FILM STUDIO. MOVED TO NEW YORK AND SPENT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE DRAWING FOR THE NEW YORKER AND THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
SON OF DR GEORGE COBEAN. BORN IN GETTYSBURG PA MOVED TO ALTOONA PA 1921. ENTERED GETTYSBURG COLLEGE 1931. WITHDREW FROM COLLEGE MOVED TO OKLAHOMA. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TOOK AN INTEREST IN DRAWING CARTOONS. WENT TO WORK WITH WALT DISNEY STUDIOS 1937 WHERE HE TOOK PART IN DRAWING FOR THE ANIMATION FILM SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. DURING WORLD WAR 2 HE WORKED AT THE WASHINGTON POST NEWSPAPER DRAWING CARTOONS. MOVED TO HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA AND WORKED FOR SCREEN GEMS FILM STUDIO. MOVED TO NEW YORK AND SPENT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE DRAWING FOR THE NEW YORKER AND THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.


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