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Don R. Christensen
Christensen at the 1982San Diego Comic Con
Born	Donald Ragnvald Christensen July 6, 1916 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	October 18, 2006 (2006-10-19) (aged 90) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Other names	Don Arr Don Arr Christensen
Occupation(s)	Animator, cartoonist, writer

Donald Ragnvald Christensen (July 6, 1916 – October 18, 2006) was an Americananimator,cartoonist,illustrator,writer andinventor. He was sometimes credited as "Don Arr".

Christensen was a graduate of theMinneapolis College of Art and Design inMinneapolis. After finishing school he worked for theWalt Disney Studio from 1937 to 1941. He left the studio after the 1941Disney animators' strike, during which he met his wife-to-be, Ivy-Carol Van Horn, a special effects detail artist. Christensen then worked briefly atWarner Bros. Cartoons, primarily as a storyboard artist forBob Clampett's animation unit. After leaving Warner Bros. he worked independently for nearly four decades as a storyboard writer and artist, primarily forWestern Publishing,Dell andGold Key comic books, as well asHanna Barbera,Walter Lantz Productions,Filmation,DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, and other cartoon studios. He wrote and provided illustrations for such comic book titles asMagnus, Robot Fighter,Donald Duck, andUncle Scrooge. He was involved with the Southern California Comic Artist Professionals Society for many years, and was a past President of the Comic Art Professional Society (CAPS).

Christensen died inLas Vegas, Nevada on October 18, 2006, at the age of 90 of natural causes. He beat the odds that he would not survive past 40, having been aType I diabetic since the age of 13.

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• Death notice at Toon Zone
• Obituary at Mark Evanier's POV

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