Waking Sleeping Beauty: Howard Ashman dies

A beautiful tribute to Howard Ashman, and one of the saddest things ever. The choice to use the rough animation of the last rose petal in Beauty and the Beast is beautiful and gets me Every. Damn. Time.

[WDI]

"To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful. Howard Ashman 1950–1991."

[acsgrlie]

This documentary caught me completely off guard. I did not expect to cry watching a Disney documentary!

[connorcleary]

To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice, and a beast his soul. We will be forever grateful. Howard Ashman 1950 - 1991.

[LPJack]

RIP Howard Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991), aged 40
You will be remembered as a legend.

[TheHManShow]

I went to Howard's grave today. Very emotional for me

[possumqe]

I can only imagine what howard ashman would be doing today if he was still here with us, his passion and love for his work was truly something special, the world isn’t the same without him

[samanthakennedy]

Its so sad someone with Disney talent pass away from something so terrible ! But he changed music in peoples hearts and now with the release of Beauty and the Best . Adult version is now here and his work is shown with a happy heart knowing that Alan and Tim would help show that his talent is shown . Now is lyrics are being shown So, Howard can have all his work shown proudly

[King_Colombia_Inc]

I recently created an original character that has Howard's name as her last name. Emily Howard-Ashmann. She is a happy-go-lucky girl who is also a songwriter and singer.

[reneastle]

Imagine if Howard Ashman is still alive and well today, churning out more and more successful musicals, movies, plays, tv shows, episodes and more, that would be better. If he was also an artist, animator and poster designer, he would be very impressed with what he has done. Imagine what will it be like if Howard Ashman is also more prolific and prominent in Anime as well. If he did work on Digimon and Pokemon, I would watch these two shows and never ever get tired.

[thomasdollins]

I listened to the crys of Howard Ashman but he's in a better place with a person who healed the blind and healed the sick but I like his songwriting when he and Alan wrote Little Shop all the way to Beauty and the beast but when I saw that last petal dropped for the last time that means Howard is dead but when God hoisted him up from his grave to take him to heaven that music means Howard is up in a better place but he left our life's but he did not left our hearts. So Howard when you meet with Walt Disney upstairs to see what you did at the studio he would be pleased of what you have done and also you might meet your heroes Robert B. Sherman who is also with Walt but we are all sad that your gone but we Thank you for taking a chance to make Disney great again. RIP Howard Ashman. 1936-1991

[jedhawkins]

Howard Ashman gave a mermaid her voice.
A Beast his soul.
A genie his freedom.
He's the reason the Disney Renaissance happened and how animation is where it is today. 😢 R.I.P.

[lukaalbijanic]

Rest in peace Mister Howard Ashman ... We will never forget You and Your work will live forever "Always" in our hearths, You made our childhoods and we are forever grateful ... Pocivajte u miru, neka je laka zemlja vecna slava i veliko hvala Legendo ... Rest in peace and Thank You for everything Mister Howard Ashman Legend ! ...

[disneyanimegirl]

I adore this man he is so special to me whenever I used to get sick from everything under the sun he is so incredible he fought for what he wanted and use his temperament to his advantage

[whatdoyousuppose]

Oh now I'm all weepy, hard to keep a dry eye after this :'(

[ambermedellin]

1:37 Even these animated objects are crying. 😢😢😭😭

[alissiaaldridge]

Howard Ashman died on March 14th 1991 at the age 40 😔 too bad he didn't saw the complete of Beauty and the Beast pretty sad. To our friend Howard who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast to his soul. We will forever grateful. Howard Ashman 1950 1991😿

[lukaalbijanic]

Rest in peace Mister Howard Ashman Legend ...

[mrblue]

Howard Ashman was amazing. He sure was there in every way, he still is.

[MWH]

The emotional push for me was the pencil test at the end of the scene.

[savannahwalker]

In Memory of Howard Ashman (1950-1991)