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Roy Disney

American entrepreneur
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  • Creator of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
    Walt Disney
    / First animated cartoons

    …compelled Disney and his brother Roy—a lifelong business partner—to reopen shop in Hollywood.

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    …compelled Disney and his brother Roy—a lifelong business partner—to reopen shop in Hollywood.

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  • Main Street, U.S.A.
    Disney Company
    / Live-action films and later decline

    Roy Disney assumed supervision of the project, and the park opened in 1971 to great success; in 1982 the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or Epcot Center, was incorporated into the park and immediately became one of its main attractions. Epcot was the last project…

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    Roy Disney assumed supervision of the project, and the park opened in 1971 to great success; in 1982 the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or Epcot Center, was incorporated into the park and immediately became one of its main attractions. Epcot was the last project…

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