Lillian Disney was an American philanthropist who donated $50 million to build a world-class concert hall for the people of Los Angeles (Walt Disney Concert Hall). She was responsible for helping name the cartoon character Mickey Mouse and was the wife of, and advisor to, Disney founder, Walt Disney.

Full or original name at birth: Lillian Marie Bounds

Date and place of birth: February 15, 1899, Spalding, Idaho, U.S.A.

Date, place and cause of death: December 16, 1997, at 355 Carolwood Drive, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (Stroke)*

Marriage
Husband: Walt Disney (m. July 13, 1925 - December 15, 1966) (his death)
Wedding took place in Lewiston, Idaho.

Children
Daughter: Diane Marie Disney Miller
Adopted daughter: Sharon Mae Disney Lund (b. December 31, 1936, Los Angeles, California - d. February 16, 1993, at 9:30 a.m., at St. John’s Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica, California, of cancer)

Burial site: Lillian Disney was cremated and her ashes were interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S.A.

* A few sources erroneously report "Beverly Hills" as her place of death. In point of fact, she died in the Disney home a few blocks west of Beverly Hills, just south of Bel Air, in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles.