Urban Legends about Walt Disney (The Man)

[Hippychickali]

Again from snopes.com, the following statements about Walt Disney are false:

Walt Disney was an illegitimate child.

Walt Disney was dishonorably discharged from the military.

Walt Disney wore a Goldwater button while receiving an award from President Johnson.

Walt Disney's body was put in cryonic storage.

Walt Disney's face appears on a bust in the Haunted Mansion.

Walt Disney was born in Robinson, Illinois, and named after a helpful townsperson who assisted his parents.

Ali

 

[rocketriter]

Add to this list the notion that late in his life Walt discovered that he comes from Jewish ancestry. Being Jewish myself, I'd love to claim him as a landsman, but the evidence is pretty skimpy.

 

[Hippychickali]

Thanks for adding the Jewish legend. I wasn't aware that people actually thought that.

Ali