Disney was portrayed in the feature film Walt Before Mickey by Jon Heder
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Roy O. Disney
Roy Oliver Disney was an American entrepreneur. He co-founded with his younger brother Walt what is now the Walt Disney Company in October 1923. Disney also served as the company's first chief executive officer and was the father of Roy E. Disney.
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business · American entrepreneur (1893–1971) · film producer · entrepreneur · banker · also Roy O. Disney, Disney
Born 24 June 1893 · Died 20 December 1971 · Q347432
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1971· 2 entries
Died 1971-12-20.
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Disney finally retired, but soon after he died from a stroke at the age of 78 on December 20, 1971, five years after his younger brother Walt died
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1966· 1 entry
From lung cancer, Roy postponed his retirement to oversee the construction of what was then known as Disney World
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1960· 1 entry
Walt dropped the chairman title so he could focus more on the creative aspects of the company
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1929· 1 entry
Although the official title was not given to him until 1966
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1911· 1 entry
Elias purchased a newspaper delivery route for The Kansas City Star
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1893· 1 entry
Born 1893-06-24.
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