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Andrew Gunn, Producer of Disney Films ‘Freaky Friday’ and ‘The Haunted Mansion,’ Dies at 56
Andrew Gunn produced iconic Disney comedies and mentored many industry leaders while battling ALS, passing away at 58 after a two-year fight, his family announced.
- On Monday, March 2, Andrew Gunn, the Canada-based film producer, died at his home in Toronto at age 58.
- The producer's wife said he had been diagnosed with Bulbar-onset ALS in September 2025 after more than two years of symptoms and died after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- In the early 2000s, he produced Freaky Friday and later returned with Cruella, working under Disney during the Dick Cook–Nina Jacobson era.
- His family announced his death publicly; he is survived by wife Jane Bellamy Gunn, children Isabelle and Connor, mother Anne Gunn, and siblings Hilary Knight, Graeme Gunn and Cameron Gunn.
- He established the Disney Writers Program in 2001, mentoring David Berenbaum, Matt Lopez and David DiGilio, while colleagues and mentees credited his mentorship for launching careers and shaping studio comedy.
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