# Roy Disney Dead at 79

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-disney-dead-at-79/521523 "2009-12-16T20:20:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-disney-dead-at-79/521523/1 "2009-12-16T20:20:18Z")

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CNN Reports : [Roy Disney dies at 79 after cancer bout - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/12/16/roy.disney.obit/index.html)

Goodbye, Roy! Thanks for saving the company for as long as you did!

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-disney-dead-at-79/521523/2 "2009-12-16T20:29:24Z")

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> [@Eutychus](#):
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> …Goodbye, Roy! Thanks for saving the company for as long as you did!

He led the ouster of bad leadership there twice!

If anyone hasn’t read _[DisneyWar](http://www.amazon.com/DisneyWar-James-B-Stewart/dp/0743267095/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260995286&sr=8-1)_, read it.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-disney-dead-at-79/521523/3 "2009-12-16T21:21:06Z")

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Heh, I wonder if he was holding out to see if the new Disney Animation would do well.

Hopefully he went with a smile. I liked Princess and the Frog at least.

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**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-disney-dead-at-79/521523/4 "2009-12-16T21:31:51Z")

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Like a bolt out of the blue…

RIP Nephew Roy.

It was a magical moment when I saw you in Tokyo in 2001.