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December 5, 1901 - December 15, 1966
Hometown: Marceline, Missouri

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- Began career in animation with Kansas City Film Ad Company in Missouri, 1920.
- Attended Benton Grammar School in Kansas City, Missouri
- Dropped out of school at age 16
- Wanted to pursue his passion in animation

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- Moved to California in the early 1920s
- Set up the Disney Brothers Studio
- With Ub Iwerks, he developed the character Mickey Mouse in 1928
- Was his first highly popular success
- Also provided the voice at first for Mickey

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"If you can dream it, you can do it"    -Walt Disney

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"If you can dream it, you can do it"    -Walt Disney

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Had his share of failures:
- Bankruptcy, a mental breakdown, a devastating strike
- Loss the control over his creation Oswald the Lucky Rabbit