{"id":1860,"date":"2026-01-22T05:17:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2026-01-22T05:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:17:40","slug":"with-heavy-hearts-we-announce-the-passing-when-you-find-out-who-he-is-you-will-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"With heavy hearts, we announce the passing. When you find out who he is, you will cry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/616811538_122244942038106495_2741268536935668106_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/616811538_122244942038106495_2741268536935668106_n-500x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"286\">Roger Allers, the visionary animator and filmmaker behind\u00a0<em data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"134\">The Lion King<\/em>, has passed away at 76 in Santa Monica after a brief illness. His work shaped a golden era of animation, touching generations of audiences worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"288\" data-end=\"707\">Allers co-directed\u00a0<em data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"322\">The Lion King<\/em>, which earned nearly $1 billion and became the highest-grossing traditional animation ever. He later adapted it for Broadway, earning a Tony nomination. His influence also spans classics like\u00a0<em data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"524\">Aladdin<\/em>,\u00a0<em data-start=\"526\" data-end=\"548\">Beauty and the Beast<\/em>,\u00a0<em data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"570\">The Little Mermaid<\/em>,\u00a0<em data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"597\">The Rescuers Down Under<\/em>, and the groundbreaking\u00a0<em data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"628\">Tron<\/em>. His short film\u00a0<em data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"667\">The Little Matchgirl<\/em>\u00a0received an Academy Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"837\">Disney CEO Bob Iger called him \u201ca creative visionary,\u201d and producer Don Hahn praised his curiosity, playfulness, and humanity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"839\" data-end=\"1017\">Allers is survived by his children, Leah and Aidan, and his partner, Genaro. Though he is gone, his stories, music, and characters continue to inspire wonder and joy worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Allers, the visionary animator and filmmaker behind\u00a0The Lion King, has passed away at 76 in Santa Monica after a brief illness. His work shaped a golden era of animation,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1862,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions\/1862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}