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When I was poor living in a garage in Kansas I began to draw the mice that scampered over my desk. That is how Mickey Mouse was born.

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Walt Disney
Age: 64 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 5
Died: 1966
Died: February 15
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Chicago
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Walter Elias Disney
W. Disney
Walter E. Disney
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Vegetarian
Mickey
Draw
Kansas

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