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TIL The Jungle Book marked the last animated film from the company to have Disney’s personal touches, before his death on December 15, 1966

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7rxEX TIL that Kay Thompson, author of the Eloise children's books, was also a popular singer who had a young Andy Williams as one of her backups, and became "romantically involved" with him on tour, when he was 19 and she was 38.
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