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Google doodles Mary Blair's birth centenary


New Delhi: A colourful doodle reminiscent of early Disney cartoons pays tribute to artist Mary Blair on her birth centenary.
Born on October 21, 1911 in McAlester, Oklahoma, Mary Blair (nee Robinson) is best known for her work at The Walt Disney Company. She produced the concept art for Disney classics such as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South andCinderella. She also illustrated a number of children's books.
Her husband Lee Everett Blair was also an animator. He joined Disney in the 1930s and Mary Blair followed him into the company in 1940.
She was the first woman to be honoured as a Disney Legend in 1991. Blair died of a cerebral haemorrhage on July 26, 1978.
Google doodles have gained immense popularity over the past few years and the Google team has put out commemorative doodles on events ranging from news events, civic milestones, birthdays, death anniversaries and important dates in history.
Google has now become more frequent with animated and interactive doodles. The Google doodle had first gone interactive in May 2010 to celebrate the 30th birthday of the popular Pac-Man game.
Google estimates it has created more than 900 doodles since 1998, with 270 of them running in 2010 and about 200 in 2011.
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