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Walt Disney |
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Walt Disney was an American amusement park pioneer who
founded Disneyland and Walt Disney World. He was the
co-founder and president of Walt Disney Studios, and
an animation pioneer of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck,
Pluto, and Goofy fame.
Walt was a multi-Academy and Emmy award-winning producer
of Bambi, Dumbo, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
Fantasia, Pinocchio, Old Yeller, and Mary Poppins.
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Biographical fast facts |
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Full or original name at birth: Walter Elias Disney
Date and place of birth: December 5, 1901,
at 1249 Tripp Avenue (now 2156 N. Tripp),
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date, time, place and cause of death: December 15, 1966,
at 9:35 a.m., at St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, California, U.S.A.
(Circulatory failure/Lung cancer)
Marriage
Wife: Lillian Marie Bounds
(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)
Parents
Father: Elias Disney
Mother: Flora Call Disney
Burial site: Walt Disney was cremated and his
ashes were interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S.A.
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Error corrections or clarifications |
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Note: A great deal of erroneous biographical info
exists on Walt Disney, including the false assertion
that he was born in Spain, and another that he
was born on the West Coast of the United States.
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