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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.
Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966. According to his older brother Roy Disney, Walt was still planning EPCOT in the hospital in the days before he died. [24] Walt used the ceiling grid to lay out a scale plot plan in his imagination, each 24" x 24" tile representing one square mile. [25]
Died: Walt Disney, 65, American animated film producer who founded an independent film company that became a multimillion-dollar empire of film studios and amusement parks, died at St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank, California. The immediate cause of death was acute circulatory collapse that had been brought on by lung cancer.
The Walt Disney Company, ... Walt, who had been a heavy smoker since World War I, fell very sick and he died on December 15, 1966, aged 65, of lung cancer, ...
Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966, during the initial planning of the complex. After his death, the company wrestled with the idea of whether to bring the Disney World project to fruition; however, Walt's older brother, Roy O. Disney , came out of retirement to ensure Walt's biggest dream was realized.
Smith's first assignment was cataloguing and photographing Walt Disney's studio offices, which had been left relatively untouched since Disney died in December 1966. [1] Smith completed his work on the Walt Disney offices in December 1969 – cataloguing over 2,200 assets (from office furniture to paper clips) and taking hundreds of pictures. [1]
Walt Disney died in December 1966, ten months before the studio's next film The Jungle Book, was completed and released. [95] The film was a success, [96] finishing 1967 as the fourth highest-grossing film of the year. [97]
December 15 – Walt Disney dies while producing The Jungle Book, the last animated feature under his personal supervision. December 18 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas, narrated by Boris Karloff, is shown for the first time on CBS. It becomes a Christmas tradition.