A sad day for Disney's around the world

[IrishGoofy1986]

Roy Disney has pasted away. Pray for his family. I know he is up there watching us do are job.

 

[Princess Ash]

OH.
MY.
GOODNESS.


God bless him

 

[!!!Khriz Love WDW!!!]

awww.... Rest in Peace and thank you for the magic!!!!!!!

if some one not know him, he was Walt's nephew

Disney, who had been battling stomach cancer for a year, died at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California. His death occurred 43 years and one day after Walt Disney died, also from cancer. In addition, he died exactly 12 years after his aunt, Lillian Bounds Disney. Roy Disney was 79 years old.

biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_E._Disney

 

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[ZeroToHero]

Another great man has been lost... it is a shame. Cancer is an awful thing.

 

[ripburn]

Aww that is sad. Rip.

 

[joepic]

It's an especially sad time because Roy was the one who helped revive Disney Animation's classic 2D film production... The Princess and the Frog is a classic.

 

[AndyB113]

It's an especially sad time because Roy was the one who helped revive Disney Animation's classic 2D film production... The Princess and the Frog is a classic.

This is so true.. We owe this man a lot for what he has done for animation. It's weird not having a Disney name in the company anymore