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Walt Disney: Months
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Walt Disney's health had been deteriorating for many months before he finally agreed to enter St. Joseph hospital in California on November 2, 1966, for tests concerning the pain in his leg and neck. Doctors discovered a walnut-sized spot on the x-ray of his left lung and advised immediate surgery.
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[O]f this partnership between Microsoft and Disney-ABC Domestic Television, an array of current and library titles will be available this July, with more to come in both standard and high definition. Currently offering more than 2,350 hours of premium entertainment content from 15 partners, Xbox LIVE Marketplace is the only online service offering downloadable movies and TV shows in high definition. In a little more than seven months since video content was launched on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, there have been nearly 10 million downloads of entertainment content.
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In preparation for potential fallout between Pixar and Disney, Jobs announced in late 2004[3] that Pixar would no longer release movies at the Disney-dictated November timeframe, but during the more lucrative early summer months. This would ... allow Pixar to release DVDs for their major releases during the Christmas shopping season. An added benefit of delaying Cars was to extend the timeframe remaining on the Pixar-Disney contract to see how things would play out between the two companies.
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Last month, veterinarians and elephant managers at Disney's Animal Kingdom were deeply saddened after they determined that another pregnant African elephant named Robin lost her calf in the womb. Robin was in labor off and on for two days, and many unsuccessful attempts were made to induce productive labor until it was concluded that the calf had died. One other elephant at Disney's Animal Kingdom is pregnant and is expected to give birth next summer.
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The renovation of the rooms at Disney's Polynesian Resort will take about one year, with the rooms at the Contemporary Resort taking about six months longer. Each resort will be renovated in phases, with a small number of rooms being renovated during each phase.
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[W]here Disney has succeeded on Broadway others have failed. Its rival Warner Bros. challenged Disney's opening of 'Tarzan' last year with its Broadway foray, the Elton John musical 'Lestat.' While Tarzan received mixed reviews but continues on Broadway, 'Lestat' flopped and closed within two months.
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