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Walt Disney achieved great commercial success when he added sound and dialogue (voiced by Disney himself) to the Mickey Mouse film Steamboat Willie (1928). The company was ... a pioneer in color animation, winning an Academy Award for the short cartoon Flowers and Trees (1932). Disney introduced other popular characters in subsequent family-oriented films of the 1930s and 1940s, including Minnie Mouse, Mickey’s girlfriend; Goofy, an amiable dog; and the excitable Donald Duck.
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Walt's brother Roy Disney, who had overseen the building of Walt Disney World following Walt's death, died in 1971. A dedicated team trained by the Disney brothers, which included Card Walker, Donn Tatum, and Ron Miller, led the company to realize one of Walt Disney's last plans -- the building of the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow... known as EPCOT. EPCOT Center opened on October 1, 1982, to great acclaim.
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Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. Disney is the creator of the world-famous cartoon character, Mickey Mouse. The small animation company started in Hollywood, California by Disney and his brother Roy, has grow into one of the world's most powerful media conglomerates.
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Walt Disney is credited for his creation of Walt Disney World by having his named placed on a window above the Ice Cream shop at the Magic Kingdom. This window was placed there so he would always have the latest "scoop" on the Disney Company. (get it?) (edit)
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In addition to animation and movies, Disney launched two amusement parks: Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida. Since his death in 1966 the Disney company has opened Disneyland Paris in France, and produced a new series of animated feature films. Just this year Disney purchased Capital Cities/ABC Television.
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January 24, 2006, Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, announced that Disney has agreed to acquire computer animation leader Pixar in an all-stock transacton, expected to be completed this summer. Under terms of the agreement, 2.3 Disney shares will be issued for each Pixar share. Based on Pixar's fully diluted shares outstanding, the transaction value is $7.4 billion ($6.3 billion net of Pixar's cash of just over $1 billion).
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