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What are some What are facts about Walt Disney?

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  • Walt Disney dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen to join the army but was rejected because of his age so he joined the Red Cross and was sent to work in France for a year and drew cartoons all over his vehicle.
  • In the early 1923 Disney tackled his most ambitious project to date. He made a version of Alice in Wonderland that combined animation with live-action footage.
  • International icon, famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century.
  • Won 26 Academy Awards out of 59 nomination, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nomination than any other individual.
  • Died of lung cancer on December 15, 1966, just a few years prior to the opening of Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
  • He enjoyed playing lawn bowling.
  • his first cartoon was not mickey mouse it was Oswald, the rabbit.
  • He was afraid of mice.
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Mickey Mouse was not his first character, a rabbit named oswald was. The Comic was not quite popular, so Disney Scrapped it.

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