7 photos of Walt Disney from the 1960s
Walt Disney’s empire had become a major success by the 1960s and is acknowledged as a leader in family entertainment.
During the early part of the decade, Walt Disney was finally able to make Mary Poppins after acquiring the rights from P.L. Travers. In 1964, he debuted ‘it’s a Small World” and Audio-Animatronics at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, and he announced plans for Walt Disney World.
On Nov. 2, 1966, doctors found a tumor on Disney’s left lung. His lung was removed nine days later after doctors found the cancer had spread. On Dec. 15, 1966, Disney died of acute circulatory collapse, caused by lung cancer.
Here are seven photos of Disney from the 1960s.
1. Disney twirling a gaucho’s lasso during a visit to Argentina in 1962.
2. Disney was selected to head the annual National Wildlife Week program of the National Wildlife Federation in 1963.
3. Disney with the Miss Universe Girls in Hollywood. Represented are the Pacific islands of Okinawa, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the Philippines.
4. In 1965, Disney looked at the birds in the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland.
5. Walt Disney with Spanish art in Barcelona in 1961.
Embed from Getty Images6. Walt Disney talks to British actress Hayley Mills on the set of “The Castaways.”
7. Walt Disney and actress Sophia Loren are honored by the National Association of Theater Owners in New York on Oct. 1, 1966.
