Walt Disney: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Richard Schickel, The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art, and Commerce of Walt Disney, 3rd ed. (1997); Leonard Maltin, The Disney Films, 3rd ed. (1995); Amy Boothe Greene and Howard E. Green, Remembering Walt: Favorite Memories of Walt Disney (1999).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Museum of Broadcast Communications - Walt Disney. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Facts - Walt Disney Was an Informant for the FBI. | Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - Walt Disney. | Apr 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Museum of Broadcast Communications - Walt Disney. | Dec 05, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 01, 2025 | ||
| Added a Top Questions section. | Jul 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Walt Disney Family Museum - Walt Disney. | Apr 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Idaho Library - Walt Disney. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Revised captions; modernized spellings throughout. | Jul 22, 2024 | ||
| Walt Disney died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, not in the city of Los Angeles. | May 01, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 27, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 02, 2024 | ||
| Media updated. | Nov 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Biography of Walt Disney, Animator and Film Producer. | May 07, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lemelson-MIT - Walt Disney. | May 07, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 10, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 24, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 10, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 06, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Biography of Walt Disney. | Jun 14, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Puerto Rico: Geography, History and Other Facts. | Dec 18, 2017 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 06, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - From the Archives: Wizard of Fantasy Walt Disney Dies. | Jan 13, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Biography of Walt Disney. | Jan 13, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Biography of Walt Disney. | Jan 13, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historic Missourians - Biography of Walter Elias Disney. | Jan 13, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kidzworld - Biography of Walt Disney. | Jan 13, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Walt Disney. | Mar 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Walt Disney. | Jan 29, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Making Art Fun! - Art Library - Biography of Walt Disney. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph. | Apr 12, 2011 | ||
| Added mention of the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club. |
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Dec 20, 2010 | |
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Walt Disney. | Oct 31, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: TIME 100: Walt Disney. | May 11, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 17, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 26, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 30, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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