{"id":1832,"date":"2008-03-20T01:37:22","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T01:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/justin-wright-1981-2008"},"modified":"2008-03-20T01:37:22","modified_gmt":"2008-03-20T01:37:22","slug":"justin-wright-1981-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/justin-wright-1981-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Wright, 1981-2008"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/134.jpg\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" style=\"\" \/>News has arrived of the death of a Pixarian, Justin Wright. Justin has only been at Pixar for just over a year, working in the story department, and from what I have read of him, he really, really wanted to work at Pixar and his dream came true. Justin died of a heart-attack, and his <a href=\"http:\/\/alumni.puc.edu\/index.php?id=20,231,0,0,1,0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pacific Union College alumni profile<\/a> reads: <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"\"><p><em>Justin&rsquo;s journey to Pixar has another plot twist. He got introduced to the famous studio because of a heart transplant. When Justin was born, his heart had all sorts of complications: cardiomyopathy, a complete block, a hole between the upper two chambers, a hole in the mitral valve &mdash;the list goes on. Finally, when Justin was 12, his heart had been through too many surgeries and procedures to be of much use, not to mention that it was the size of a deflated soccer ball inside his slight 70-pound body. It was time for a transplant. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/justincwright.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his blog<\/a>, and you can read what his friends and workmates at Pixar (and others) have to say about Justin at these links:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yarn-n-coffee.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/justin.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Wright<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffpidgeon.com\/2008\/03\/goodbye-justin.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Pidgeon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronniedelcarmen.com\/blog1\/2008\/03\/justin-wright-1982-2008.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ronnie Del Carmen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chippyandloopus.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2008\/03\/justin-wright-1.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Sanford<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theironscythe.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/great-loss.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Robertson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkradical.org\/2008\/03\/19\/remembering-justin\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kate RW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/enricocasarosa.com\/wordpress.1\/2008\/03\/19\/sad-news-2\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enrico Casarosa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/woohoopictures.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/rest-in-peace.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Woo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefirehousestomp.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/justin-wright-1981-2008.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Sung<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/inkplay.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/justin-wright.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelly Matten<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbow-zookeeper.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/justin-wright_20.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rainbow Zookeeper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonbrew.com\/animators\/justin-wright-1981-2008\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cartoon Brew<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scottmorse.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/justin-wright-1981-2008.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Morse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/billcone.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/loss-of-artist-and-colleague.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Cone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.awn.com\/index.php?ltype=top&#038;newsitem_no=22620\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated World News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/roseandisabel.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/justin-wright.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ted Mathot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/philrynda.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/justin-wright.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Rynda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/death-of-justin-wright.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Pixar Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theanimationblog.com\/2008\/03\/20\/justin-wright-pixar-artist-passes-away\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Animation Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/munchanka.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/justin-wright-march-8-1981-march-18.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Madison<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vandergalien.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/i-dont-know-what-to-say.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindsay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/khylov.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/i-remember.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Shockley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/n8wragg.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/justin-wright.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nate Wragg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>This is very sad news, and I think I can speak on behalf of everyone at Pixar Planet and Upcoming Pixar when we send out our deepest condolences&nbsp;to Justin&#8217;s family and friends. May he rest in peace.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>News has arrived of the death of a Pixarian, Justin Wright. Justin has only been at Pixar for just over a year, working in the story department, and from what I have read of him, he really, really wanted to work at Pixar and his dream came true. 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