~ 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