Biography
Walt Disney
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Walt Disney
Source: NASA
Interesting Facts about Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Biography >> Entrepreneurs
- Occupation: Entrepreneur
- Born: December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois
- Died: December 15, 1966 in Burbank, California
- Best known for: Disney animated movies and theme parks
- Nickname: Uncle Walt
Walt Disney
Source: NASA
Interesting Facts about Walt Disney
- Tom Hanks played the role of Walt Disney in the 2013 movie Saving Mr. Banks.
- The original name for Mickey Mouse was Mortimer, but his wife didn't like the name and suggested Mickey.
- He won 22 Academy Awards and received 59 nominations.
- His last written words were "Kurt Russell." No one, not even Kurt Russell, knows why he wrote this.
- He was married to Lillian Bounds in 1925. They had a daughter, Diane, in 1933 and later adopted another daughter, Sharon.
- The robot from Wall-E was named after Walter Elias Disney.
- The sorcerer from Fantasia is named "Yen Sid", or "Disney" spelled backwards.