Walt+Disney

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Walter Elias (Walt) Disney was born December 5th, 1901 in Chicago, IL. He was an American film producer, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, and a philantropist. He and his bother, Roy O. Disney, founded the corporation known as The Walt Disney Company. Which as of today brings in around $35 billion per year.

Walt's main claim to fame, is that he revolutionized the entertainment industry in the 1920's with the creation of his animated shorts including the world famous Mickey Mouse. Who, Walt provided the voice for. media type="youtube" key="fIa1Tvbh1qo?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

The first cartoon in which Mickey Mouse spoke (1929).



2010 Mickey Mouse As you can see, Mickey Mouse has chaned a lot over 80 years.

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Walt Disney also helped aid in the design of Disney Land in California.

He past away on December 15th, 1966. There is a rumor of his body being cryogenically frozen underneath the Pirates of the Caribean ride at Walt Disney World.

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Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago Illinois.

Walt had a very early interest in drawing and art. When he was seven years old,the man who would be know as a "pioneer" with the "most fertile and unique imagination the world has ever know", began by selling his small sketches and drawings to nearby neighbors. Instead of doing his work at school walt doodled pictures of animals and nature.

Walt attended McKinley High School in Chicago. He divided his attention between drawing and photography and helping with the school paper. At night he went to the Academy of Fine Arts, to make his drawing skills better.

Walt Disney died December 15, 1966 from lung cancer.

Walt first movie was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, it was made on December 21, 1937, it was his "first full length animated musical feature". This movie actually cost $ 1,499,000 during the middle of the Depression. The next five years he made other movies like Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi.

" Probably the most painful time of Walt`s private life was the accidental death of his mother in 1938. After the great success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt and Roy bought their parents Elias and Flora Disney a house close to the studios(just disney.com) ". She died from asphyxiation.

Disney had a dream and it was to have his own amusement park, well it came true as Disneyland Park opened in 1955. $17-million magic kingdom took in. Disneyland had a lot of royal visits from presidents, king and queens from all over the globe.

Walt Disney married Lillian Bounds one of his first employees he had two daughters Diane and Sharon. Three years later he created Mickey Mouse.