Walt Disney was born in Chicago in 1901 and grew up taking art classes. He is famous for founding The Walt Disney Company and creating beloved animated characters like Mickey Mouse. Some of his most famous and influential animated films include Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, and Mary Poppins. Walt Disney died in 1966 of lung cancer at the age of 65, but his creative legacy lives on through his animated works.

2.  Did you know Walt Disney was born in
Chicago, Illinois.
 Also Walt Disney was born December
15th,1901.
 When Walt Disney was 14 he was
enrolled in art classes at the Kansas City
art institute.

3.  Walt Disney was Married to Lillian Bounds
their marrage lasted 41 years before he
died.
 Walt Disney is responsible for making the
most famous charcter Mickey Mouse!
 Walt Disney had 2 kids as an adult.

4.  Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs was
produced in 1937
 Pinnochio was produced in 1940
 Dumbo was produced in 1941
 Bambi was produced in 1942
 Cinderella was also created in 1950
 Alice in Wonderland was produced in
1951
 Peter Pan was created in 1953

5. Lady and the Tramp was created in 1955
Sleeping Beauty was produced in 1959
Mary Poppins was the last movie Walt Disney
produced before he died ,which was
produced in 1964.

6.  Walt Disney died of lung Cancer on
December 15th, 1966.
 The tragedy still continues as we
remember Walt Disney and all his movies
in our memories.

7.  Mary Poppins grossed 45 MILLION dollars
and won 5 acadamy awards.
 Walt Disney didn’t live to see the
opening of EPCOT.
 Walt Disney helped out in World War I.
 On November 18th 1928 Mickey Mouse
was featured in “Steamboat WilIie”and
was the first animation to have sound
match the picture.

8.  The first Mickey Mouse cartoon was
called “Plane Crazy”.
 Walt Disney’s first animation to have
color was called “The Silly Symphony”.
 Mickey Mouses original name was
Mortimer.

9.  Lund, S. D. (2011). Disney, Walt (1901–1966).
The New Book of Knowledge. Retrieved
November 15, 2011, from Grolier Online
http://nbk.grolier.com/ncpage?tn=/encyc/
article.html&id=a2007950-
h&type=0tap
 Slayman, Lisa. "Walt Disney." Walt Disney
(2005): 1. Primary Search. Web. 15 Nov.
2011.
 Walt Disney By:June Prezler copyright 2004
 Who was Walt Disney By: Whitney
Stewart,copyright 2009

10. oWe hope you liked our slide show!