Walt Disney

Early Life

• Walt was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago
• Walt attended the new Park School of Marceline in fall, 1909.
• His brothers ran away in 1906.

Teenage Years

• Disney dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen
• Disney drove an ambulance driver immediately after World War I
• He became the cartoonist for the school newspaper, drawing patriotic topics

The start of his career

• In 1920, Walt and his friend started a animation company.
• In 1922, he got his own studio. It was called Laugh-O-Gram Studio.
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was one of disney's most successful charecters

Disney World

• On October 1971, Disney World opened.
• It is arguably the most famous theme park in the world.
• EPCOT, an expansion to Disney world, opened in 1982.

Rough Times

• Sadly, In February 1928 Universal took the rights to Oswald.
• Disney was diagnosed with lung cancer.
• On December 15, 1966, He died of lung cancer because he smoked a lot.