Before Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat was the biggest thing in animation. But behind the success of the cartoon cat, his creator lived a controversial and tragic life.
But Milwaukee never stopped being home for Mantilla, the last living regular on ... Puerto Rico — Felix's hometown. "This is my father's legacy, a big part of what he was as a professional ...
the last living regular on the 1957 World Series champion and the 1958 runner-up Milwaukee Braves. Mantilla, a native of Puerto Rico who stayed in Milwaukee and left a youth-baseball legacy ...