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~ Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs turn 72 ~

Disney's first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered 72 years ago today. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full color and the first to be produced by Walt Disney.

~ Roy E. Disney dies at 79 ~

Roy E. Disney, a longtime senior executive of the company founded by his uncle Walt and father Roy, has died at the age of 79. The Walt Disney Co. announced that Disney died Wednesday in Newport Beach, Calif., after a year-long battle with stomach cancer. Los Angeles-born Disney was a champion of the company's classic animation and helped spark a successful revival of the drawn style in the 1980s and 1990s by supporting the animation teams behind hits such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. He died 43 years, and a day after his uncle Walt's death, and 12 years exactly after his aunt's Lillian Bounds Disney's death. Disney, is survived by his wife, Leslie, four children from a previous marriage —Tim Disney, Roy Patrick Disney, Abigail Disney and Susan Disney Lord — and 16 grandchildren.

~ Walt Passes 43 Years Ago Today ~

Walter Elias Disney passes away at St. Joseph's Hospital of acute circulatory collapse (caused by lung cancer) just ten days after his 65th birthday. When the news of Walt's death reaches Disneyland in Anaheim, consideration is given to closing the park for the day, but instead it is kept open (as Walt would have wanted). In Disneyland on Main Street, above the firehouse used to be Walt's Apartment. A lamp is kept burning in the front window as a tribute to his memory

~ The Princess & The Frog - In Theatres Today! ~

The Princess and the Frog, loosely based on E.D. Baker's novel "The Frog Princess" and the Grimm brothers' "The Frog Prince," is generally released. The 49th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics and the first theatrically released 2D animated movie by Disney since 2004's Home on the Range. The Princess and the Frog is set in the great city of New Orleans. It is a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a girl named Tiana (ANIKA NONI ROSE), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.

~ Happy 108th Birthday Walt! ~

Walter Elias Disney was born to Flora and Elias Disney in Chicago, Illinois on this day back in 1901. Walt Disney would become one of the most influential as well as one of the most recognized figures of the 20th Century. Walt defined the word childhood and his work is to be celebrated for many years to come.

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."- Walt Disney