Roy O. Disney delivers an opening-day speech on Oct. 25, 1971, at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. At his side is Mickey Mouse. If Walt was the engine that powered the car, Roy was the oil ...

When Roy O. Disney’s brother Walt Disney died in 1966, he was ready to retire. But his brother’s death kept him on the job to tackle the biggest project the Walt Disney Company had ever done ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney, has died. Disney, who had ...

Building a Company: Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empire by Bob Thomas (Hyperion, 359 pages, $24.95). Walt Disney could have attributed much of his amazing career and business … ...

Born Jan. 10, 1930, in Los Angeles, Disney was the only child of Roy O. and Edna Disney. Growing up around the studio, Disney was exposed to both the joys of the Walt Disney aura as well as its ...