2. December 5, 1901
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
December 15, 1966
(aged 65)
Los Angeles, California,
U.S.
Film producer, Co-founder
of The Walt Disney
Company, formerly known
as Walt Disney Productions
Born
Died
Occupation
Spouse Lillian Disney
3. Walter Elias Disney was an American ,film producer, director,
screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
He was the co-founder of the Walt Disney Productions now known as
Walt Disney Company ,along with his brother Roy O Disney.
He is also well-known as the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World
Resort theme parks in the United States, France, Japan and China.
Walt Disney died of lung cancer on December 15, 1966, a few years prior to
the opening of his Walt Disney World dream project in Orlando, Florida
4. Alice’s Wonderland
Oswald The Rabbit
Mickey Mouse
Disney Lands
Movies like Snow White And The Seven
Dwarfs,Pinnocio,Fantasia.
Ski Resorts
5. Walt Disney was the inaugural recipient of a star on the Anaheim walk of stars
Walt Disney also received the Congressional Gold Medal on 24 May 1968
and the Légion d'Honneur in France in 1935
In 1935, Walt also received a special medal from the League of
Nations for creating Mickey Mouse.
Disney also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 14 September 1964.
On 6 December 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady
Maria Shriver inducted Walt Disney into the California Hall of Fame located at The
California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts
6. Today, Walt Disney's animation/motion picture studios and theme parks have
developed into a multi-billion dollar.
The Walt Disney Company today owns, among other assets
five vacation resorts,
eleven theme parks,
two water parks,
thirty-nine hotels,
eight motion picture studios,
six record labels,
eleven cable television networks, and one terrestrial television network.