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Meet Ruthie Tompson the Disney Animation Pioneer who has survived both the Spanish flu and the Corona virus



Born in 1910 in Portland Maine, Ruthie Tompson was just 8 when the Spanish flu pandemic broke. 


While her memories of that cataclysm are thin ("I was young at the time"), she's spoken of wearing a mask, amid crowds of others doing the same, during celebrations that marked the end of World War I.

Tompson, a longtime Disney animation supervisor and now the oldest resident at the Motion Picture & Television Fund's Country House and Hospital, turns 110 in COVID-19 quarantine on Wednesday. She's celebrating by attempting to raise $110,000 in support of a postproduction suite at the Woodland Hills campus' in-house television and video facility, where she and other retirees have spent countless hours continuing to pursue their industry crafts.


Asked about the secret to her longevity, Tompson offers jokes: "It's because I'm a vampire!"; "How can I tell you my secret, because then it won't be a secret!"; "I'm a dummy for living this long!" Then she turns serious. "I don't know why I am still here, but I know that I don't want to be revered for how old I am, I want to be known for who I am."

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