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How did delivering newspapers in Kansas City affect Walt Disney’s early life?
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Walt Disney, c. 1955.
When Walt Disney lived in Kansas City, his father purchased a morning newspaper route and required his sons to assist with deliveries. Walt later reflected that the disciplines and discomforts associated with this work were foundational to his development, noting that many of the habits and compulsions he carried into his adult life stemmed directly from those early experiences.1