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When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty. I told her that was just the point - mine wouldn't be.

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Walt Disney
Age: 64 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 5
Died: 1966
Died: February 15
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Walter Elias Disney
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