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Roy Disney may have been behind the scenes, but he was a star none the less. The nephew of Walt Disney and the son of Disney co-founder Roy Oliver Disney, Roy passed away on Wednesday, following a year long battle with stomach cancer.
Disney’s been OneShare’s perrinial favorite from the start. So in tribute to Roy, who served the Walt Disney Company in some fashion nearly his entire adult life, our company feature for today is Disney: |
- The Disney clan harks from a region of France known Isigny-Sur-Mer, hence their original name: D’Isigny
- Walt Disney was once fired from a job at the Kansas City Star because of “lack of creativity”; when Disney later acquired ABC, the Kansas City Star was among the holdings
- Walt first considered the name “Mortimer” for his beloved mouse; while his wife sold him on Micky instead, Walt revived Mortimer for a number of later characters, the most famous of which was introduced in 1936 as Micky’s rival
- According to legend, Jackson Polluck was plagued by the Mickies – splotches of paint resembling the familiar circle framed by two smaller circles
- Roy was an avid sailer – in fact he holds several speed records, including a record time between Los Angeles and Honolulu
- Roy and his current wife Leslie DeMeuse co-produced a sailing documentary called “Morning Light”
In the words of Lion King’s Mustafa: “Look at the stars. The great kings of the past are up there, watching over us.” RIP Roy Disney.
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