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Esmeralda Cruz Espino, Youngstown, Ohio
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Dr. Esmeralda Cruz Espino, a respected Geriatric physician, Major in the U.S. Army Reserve and lifelong resident of Youngstown, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 2, 2025, at the age of 83. Born on January 16, 1942, in San Miguel, Bulacan, Philippines, Esmeralda was the beloved daughter of Vicente and Angelina Espino. Find obituaries from your high school She earned her Doctor of Medicine and Surgery degree from the University of Santo Tomas in 1973 at just 21 years old. She was fluent in three languages and dedicated her life to the care of others. Esmeralda is survived by her loving son, Joseph Cruz Espino and his wife, Destiny Espino. She is preceded in death by her parents, Vicente and Angelina Espino and her grandchild, Baby Espino. A devoted mother, physician and woman of deep faith, Esmeralda was a member of the Franciscan Third Order and active in her church community. She was instrumental in forming several Filipino social and religious groups in Michigan and Northeast Ohio, including helping to establish the Michigan Santo Niño devotion and the early Youngstown Filipino-American Organization of Northeast Ohio. Esmeralda's kindness, spiritual devotion and commitment to community will be deeply missed by her family, friends, patients and all who knew her. Calling hours will be held on Friday, June 6, 2025, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., in Schiavone Funeral Home, 1842 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44504 and on Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 12:00 – 12:45 p.m., in Saint Edward Catholic Church, 238 Tod Lane, Youngstown, OH 44504, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 1:00 p.m. and Military Honors. A Franciscan Wake Service will be held at the church at 11:45 a.m., Saturday morning, June 7. Please visit to share 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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13-03-2025
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Did You Know These Fascinating Facts About Disney Movies?
1. Esmeralda and Tinkerbell were going to be Disney Princesses When the Disney Princess brand first started in 2000, the original line-up consisted of Snow White, Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Esmeralda and Mulan. Esmeralda was removed soon after. Tinker Bell was also removed; she would go on to headline the sister franchise series Disney Fairies. 2. When Paige O'Hara was auditioning, a bit of her hair flew in her face and she tucked it back. The animators liked this so they put it in the movie. Disney / Via 3. Christopher Daniel Barnes was only 16 years old when he voiced Prince Eric The producers felt his voice sounded much older than he really was. 4. Grandmother Willow was originally a man Disney / Via In the first draft of Pocahontas, Grandmother Willow was written as a male character, who was the spirit of the river, "Old Man River". The song "Just Around the Riverbend" was written for this character to sing. Gregory Peck was offered the role, and as much as it pained him to do it, he turned it down, because he felt the title character needed a motherly figure, to which to turn, for advice. Soon the filmmakers agreed with him, and the character was changed. 5. Beauty and the Beast became the first animated film to get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture Disney / Via It was the only animated film until 18 years later when Up got a Best Picture nomination, followed by Toy Story 3. Both films were made by Pixar. 6. Madame Medusa was inspired by an animator's ex-wife Disney / Via Animator Milt Kahl stated that he enjoyed his work on the villain, Madame Medusa, in The Rescuers more than that of any of his other assignments. He took inspiration from his ex-wife, whom he didn't particularly care for, as well as live-action characters from other films, to bring the wicked character to life. 7. Ed Wynn ad-libbed Mad Hatter's famous line Disney / Via While filming the live-action reference scenes for the Mad Tea Party, Ed Wynn ad-libbed the speech where the Mad Hatter tries to "fix" the White Rabbit's watch. ("Muthtard? Don't leth be thilly!") Walt Disney was watching the filming, and told the animators, "Hey, that stuff's pretty funny. Why don't you use that speech in the movie?" The animators objected. "We can't use that. There are too many background noises on the film." Disney smiled, and told them, "That's *your* problem," then walked out of the room. Eventually, with much labor, the Disney sound technicians managed to re-record Wynn's dialogue and erase all the background noises, so that Wynn's ad-libs were used in the final animated film. 8. Robin Williams also ad-libbed while voicing the Genie in Aladdin. Disney / Via During the course of recording the voices, the late Robin Williams improvised so much dialogue that they had almost sixteen hours of material. Because of this, the script was rejected for a Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award nomination. 9. Dracula posed for Chernabog Universal Pictures / Via Bela Lugosi, best known for his role as Dracula in the 1931 film, served as the live-action model for Chernabog, the demon in the 'Night on Bald Mountain" segment in Fantasia. Lugosi spent several days at the Disney studios, where he was filmed doing evil, demon-like poses for the animators to use as a reference. However, Bill Tytla, the animator in charge of Chernabog, was dissatisfied with Lugosi's performance, and had sequence director Wilfred Jackson pose for the cameras. Thus it was Jackson, not Lugosi, who appeared on-screen as Chernabog. 11. Jackie Chan performed the voice acting and singing for the Beast in the Mandarin dub of Beauty and the Beast. 12. Ursula was designed after drag queen Divine 13. The voice of Cinderella didn't know she was auditioning for the role Disney / Via Ilene Woods made some demo recordings of her singing the film's songs for her friends, who later sent them to Disney without telling her. After a they were presented to Walt Disney, he gave her the role. However, she had no idea she was auditioning for the part until Disney contacted her. She ended up beating exactly 309 girls for the part of Cinderella. 14. The Carpenters were originally planned to write songs for The Rescuers RB/Redferns / Via Karen Carpenter was to do the songs and Richard Carpenter was to compose the score, but a number of scheduling conflicts forced them to reluctantly decline. Karen was reportedly very unhappy with having to turn down the offer, as she was a big fan of Disney. 15. Yen Sid Disney / Via During production of Fantasia, the animators secretly modeled elements of the Sorcerer in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on their boss, Walt Disney. The raised eyebrow was regarded as a dead giveaway. They call the character Yen Sid, which is "Disney" spelled backwards. 16. Elsa was originally the villain in Frozen Disney / Via During early development of the film, Elsa was meant to be the villain of the film, and her design was inspired by Bette Midler. This was changed later on. 17. The animators inspired a running gag in Sleeping Beauty Disney / Via The running gag of Flora and Merryweather arguing about whether Aurora's dress should be pink or blue originated from the filmmakers' problem as to deciding just that. 18. Helen Stanley was the model for three notable Disney characters Disney / Via 19. Disney had a 'hot man meeting' when designing Flynn Rider Disney / Via The character design of Flynn came from the process called the "hot man meeting" by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, during which they set up a meeting with all of the female employees of the studio in one room and asked them for their opinions of what made a man good-looking, in order to create Flynn's character design with features such as eye color, hair color and style and body type. 20. Figaro was Walt Disney's favorite character Disney / Via
