
and Edgar Burke and a sister, Judy Bellomy. 2 great-grandchildren, Taylor Mills and Bobbie Salyers 2 brothers, George Burke, Jr. He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, by his loving wife, Ethel Marie Tackett Burke in 2006 2 grandchildren, Otis Steele, Jr. He was a member of the Little Jewell Regular Baptist Church and was a retired brakeman from C&O Railroad. John was born February 15, 1930, in Drift, Kentucky, a son of the late George and Flossie Osborne Burke. Burke, 90, of Westwood, went home to the Lord peacefully, Saturday morning, August 8, at his home while under hospice care. It soon became the “unspoken” secret spot visiting dignitaries clamored to check out – 100s of notable visitors who have signed the walls include Quentin Tarantino, Tim Allen, Randy Newman, and Sasha and Malia Obama.John M. The tiny crawl space was originally discovered by the office’s first owner, supervising animator Andrew Gordon, who decorated it as a private hang-out for a chosen few. Predating the larger speakeasy-styled Lucky Seven Lounge loved by John Lasseter, The Love Lounge was the original, entered on one’s knees through a small Being John Malkovich type access panel, a tiny getaway, barely big enough for six people, decorated in 50s kitsch complete with a shareable fez, knick-knacks, a bar and a closed-circuit camera of questionable practicality. LRUV7cgzGmīurke for years was also the keeper of one of the studio’s most intriguing and unique “secrets:” The Love Lounge. He shepherded Pixar’s Children’s Hospital visits that happen with each film’s release. A great man & talent, aways upbeat, giving. But he found his true home at Pixar, spending 15 years at the Northern California studio, animating on all Bird’s films as well as Cars and Cars 2, Wall-E, Up and Toy Story 3.Īdam Burke did stellar work on every animated feature I’ve made (including the scene below). His death was announced by Brad Bird, who directed Burke in four movies: Incredibles 2, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and The Iron Giant.īurke, who began his career in the early 1990s, spent several years at Warner Bros., working as an animator both on The Iron Giant and Space Jam, before moving to DreamWorks to work on The Road to Eldorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. Adam Burke, whose career animating on many of the industry’s biggest feature films spanned more than two decades, passed away Monday from cancer.
