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Roy E Disney dies, Roy Disney has died
Mr Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney who helped create the Walt Disney Studio’s famed animation company and at times publicly fought with top execs at the firm, died on Wednesday at the Hospital in Newport Beach, California, following a long battle with stomach cancer. He was 79.
Mr. Disney worked as a director and consultant to the company until recently. From 1984-2003, he was vice chairman of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company and chairman of the studio’s animation department. He resigned in 2003 citing “serious differences of opinion about the direction and style of management” subsequently helped lead an investor uprising that culminated with the departure of Michael Eisner as chief executive and chairman.
“He was much more than a valued 56-year company veteran,” said Bob Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company. “Roy’s true passion and focus were preserving and building upon the amazing legacy of Disney animation that was started by his father and uncle. Roy’s commitment to the art of animation was unparalleled and will always remain his personal legacy and one of his greatest contributions to Disney’s past, present and future.”
Mr. Disney was born in Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 1930, to Roy O. Disney and Edna Francis Disney. His father and his uncle co-founded the company. As a child, Roy E. Disney would often play in the animation studio hallways, with animators using him as a test audience as they toiled on films like “Pinocchio.”
He began his entertainment industry career in 1952, working as an assistant film editor on the “Dragnet” TV series. He joined The Walt Disney Company in 1953 as an assistant film editor where his credits included the landmark Academy Award-winning “True-Life Adventures” features, “The Living Desert” and “The Vanishing Prairie.”
As a writer and production associate, he received an Oscar nomination for his work on the short subject “Mysteries of the Deep” in 1959, and in 2003 as producer for “Destino.” From writing, Disney went on to produce and direct some 35 other TV and theatrical productions, including the landmark 1968 documentary “Varda, the Peregrine Falcon,” before leaving in 1977 to become an independent producer and investor.
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