1. Walt Disney
... in Chicago Illinois, to his father, Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, who was of German-American descent (A., Brad). Walter is named after Reverend Walter Parr. Walt was the fourth child out of four boys and a girl (Reese). He was an extremely talented ... . The remainder of his efforts was devoted to the production of comedy short subjects, deemed highly essential to civilian and military morale (A., Brad). His insistence on the upbeat also possibly served as something so soothing for the bitterness he felt when an ugly 1941 labor dispute ended ... its s...
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