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- From: mhardee@britannic.East.Sun.COM (Martin Hardee - SunSoft Boston USA)
- Newsgroups: sci.cryonics,rec.arts.disney
- Subject: Re: walt disney's present temperature
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 15:42:08 GMT
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- What of Walt Disney? Why is his condition not publicized
- in the sci.cryonics FAQ?
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- ...
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- Does anyone know where his tombstone is?
- Has anyone actually seen it?
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- According to the unofficial biography "Disney's World" by Leonard
- Mosley, soon after his death the company announced that Disney had been
- cremated and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale,
- CA.
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- The "Walt is frozen" rumors stemmed from a number of coincidences:
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- - The graveness of Walt's illness was kept a secret from
- everyone except family and a few close friends
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- - Walt was obsessed with his dreams for EPCOT, and was convinced
- that the project would die or be mangled after his death [and today's
- EPCOT is surely not the "Experimental Prototype Community" that Walt
- envisioned]
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- - Some close colleagues have said that Walt was fascinated with
- cryogenesis in the months before his death, and his two ace
- EPCOT researchers, Marv Davis and General William Potter,
- had been collecting reports on cryonics as part of their
- secret EPCOT work for Walt
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- - There was no funeral, and the announcement of his death
- was delayed and very brief.
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- Of course, many argue that the scheduling of the announcement had more to
- do with the company's fears about stock market reaction than it did
- with any secret plans to preserve Walt.
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- Whatever the truth, it's a great Urban Legend.
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