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Walt Disney (fully Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor, and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

He was born in Chicago in 1901, Disney developed an early interest in drawing. He took art classes as a boy and got a job as a commercial illustrator at the age of 18. He developed the character Mickey Mouse in 1928, his first highly popular success; he also provided the voice for his creation in the early years. As the studio grew, he became more adventurous, introducing synchronized sound, full-color three-strip Technicolor, feature-length cartoons and technical developments in cameras. The results, seen in features such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio, Fantasia (both 1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942), Furthered the development of animated film. New animated and live-action films followed after World War II, including the critically successful Cinderella (1950) and Mary Poppins (1964), the latter of which received five Academy Awards.

He was a shy, self-deprecating and insecure man in private but adopted a warm and outgoing public persona. He had high standards and high expectations of those with whom he worked. He remains an important figure in the history of animation and in the cultural history of the United States, where he is considered a national cultural icon despite some of his controversies. In early November 1966, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and was treated with cobalt therapy. On November 30, he felt unwell and was taken by ambulance from his home to St. Joseph Hospital where, on December 15, 1966, just ten days after his 65th birthday, he died of circulatory collapse caused by cancer. His remains were cremated two days later and his ashes interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Why He Rocked

 * 1) For starters, very obviously, he is one of the most well-known animated company creators that he launches the Walt Disney Company by establishing animated films, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio, Fantasia (both 1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942), and even, even more.
 * 2) What made him the best, that he made the first-ever popular cartoon character in the history of animation, that we all knew, and loved and who he is exactly: Mickey Mouse. Yes. Mickey Mouse he created in his works, and Mickey would later appear in a short film called Steamboat Willie.
 * 3) He made the first-ever amusement park ride called Disneyland in 1955 in California, which stays very, very faithful to many films he worked on his previous films, which called Disneyland "The happiest place on earth", and it is exactly one of the most greatest moments in the history of Walt Disney.
 * 4) *Not only that, but even before his death, he also planned that it would've made an even bigger place, such as another theme park, Disney World, which it is located in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, the heart of which was to be a new type of city, the "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" (EPCOT), though the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow sadly never came.
 * 5) Even more than that, he is absolutely the amazing producer in almost all of his works, especially with his other Disney families who involved in some of his works, even before his death.
 * 6) During his works at the RKO Radio Pictures, he stays exactly faithful to the source material of the fairy tale novels of the same names, in his animation movies, such as Cinderella, Peter Pan, which are the greatest moments he had ever done in his company.
 * 7) His voice acting is very well made and it is one of the most memorable moments in his entire life.
 * 8) Even though he is gone, he is still the greatest, and a well-known, and important figure in the history of animation and in the cultural history of the United States.
 * 9) Even if it weren't for him at all, or his company, or his amusement park, the animation culture will never exactly never be like this, or the same thing, never at all, without him.
 * 10) His quote: “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”