Legends are never truly gone. 💔 Oscar-winning songwriter Alan Menken got emotional while talking about late collaborator Howard Ashman during a panel on 'Beauty and the Beast' at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event. Ashman and Menken collaborated as the lyricist and composer respectively on 'Be Our Guest" and "Beauty and the Beast," among other Disney songs, before Ashman's death at 40 due to complications of AIDS in 1991. #BeautyandtheBeast #Disney #D23