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Co-Creator Of It's A Small World Dies At 84

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Jan 4, 2008 4:30 pm US/Eastern

Co-Creator Of It's A Small World Dies At 84

ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS4) ― The enchanted world of Disney lost one of its own Wednesday, co-creator of "It's a Small World," Joyce Carlson.

The Walt Disney Company says Carlson died Wednesday after long suffering from cancer. She was 84.

In her 56-year career with Disney, Carlson went from delivering paints and brushes to animators to inking films herself. But it was her work on "It's a Small World" that is witnessed by millions of visitors each year.

Carlson was among the creators of a miniature prototype of "It's a Small World" for the 1964 World's Fair in New York. She also subsequently helped bring the attraction to each of its permanent locations: Florida, California, Toyko, Paris and Hong Kong.

She retired in 2000 and was given a window in her honor on Main Street at Walt Disney World in Florida.

Carlson is survived by a sister and several nieces and nephews.

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