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In 1966, an icon of animation, cinema, theme parks, and general pop culture was lost when Walt Disney died at the age of 65.
Disney was a heavy smoker throughout his life and died of lung cancer in 1966 before either the park or the EPCOT project were completed. Disney was a shy, self-deprecating and insecure man in private but adopted a warm and outgoing public persona. He had high standards and high expectations of those with whom he worked.
Los Angeles, Dec. 15--Walt Disney, who built his whimsical cartoon world of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs into a $100-million-a-year entertainment empire, died...
Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966, at age 65, in Los Angeles, California. How did Walt Disney die? Disney was a long-time sufferer of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
Walt Disney (1901–66) was an American film and TV producer who pioneered animated cartoon films and created the characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. He also planned and built the amusement park Disneyland and had begun a second one, Walt Disney World, before his death.
When and How Walt Disney Died. Disney was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1966 and died on December 15, 1966, at the age of 65.
Walt Disney, the one-time Missouri farm boy who for more than a quarter of a century created fantasies that made a troubled world laugh, died Thursday.
Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966, in Los Angeles, California, about a month after undergoing surgery for lung cancer. By the end of the 20th century, his company would be one of the world’s largest entertainment conglomerates and regularly rank among the top 50 companies in America.
Walt Disney died of lung cancer on December 15, 1966. He had been a chain smoker all his life. An internet myth suggested Walt Disney had his body cryonically frozen, but this is untrue.
How did Walt Disney die? Walt Disney was a heavy smoker throughout his life and was eventually diagnosed with lung cancer. He passed away on Dec. 15, 1966, due to complications from surgery...