Xavier Atencio
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Francis Xavier Atencio (born 1920 in Walsenburg, Colorado), commonly known as X Atencio, is a former animator, composer, and Imagineer for The Walt Disney Company.
He was a Disney artist from 1938 until 1965, when he became an Imagineer to help design the Disneyland Railroad's Primeval World diorama segment. He then contributed to various Disney attractions, including Pirates of the Caribbean, for which he wrote the script. He also penned the lyrics to the theme song, "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)", and provided the voice of the talking skull early on in the attraction.
Atencio retired from The Walt Disney Company in 1984 and was named a Disney Legend in 1996.
