Walt Disney gave his housekeeper Disney stocks every year for Christmas. She never sold the stocks and died as a multi-millionaire!
Walt Disney has brought many great characters to life and many of them have now become an integral part of our childhood memories: Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, Goofy, Cinderella, Snow white, Peter Pan,...
His life has also been full of interesting facts that as an avid fan, you need to be aware of them. Let's review some interesting facts about Walt Disney that you probably didn't know. Ready!?
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Walt Disney provided the original voice of Mickey Mouse.
Walt Disney won 22 Academy Awards from 59 Oscar nominations, more than any other individual in the history.
During World War I, he dropped out of high school to join the army. He was rejected because he was underage.
At age 18, he tried to become a newspaper artist, but nobody hired him. He ended up creating ads for magazines and movie theatres.
In 1922, Disney founded Laugh-o-Gram in Kansas, which went bankrupt shortly. He earned enough money to buy a 1-way ticket to Hollywood, where he later started the Disney Studio.
After losing the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Disney asked Ub Iwerks, his top animator, to start drawing up a new character. This is how Mickey Mouse was born.
The first Mickey Mouse cartoon called Plane Crazy (1928) was silent.
Walt Disney won a special Oscar in 1938 for the Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. It had one regular sized statuette and seven miniature Oscars.
The original idea of the Disneyland was an amusement park where Disney's employees could spend time with their children.
Walt Disney died of lung cancer, the result of being a smoker for many years.
One of The last things that Disney wrote before his death was the name of actor Kurt Russell. No one still knows why.
Walt Disney gave his housekeeper Disney stocks every year for Christmas. She never sold the stocks and died a multi-millionaire.
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