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He (0) GAVE us Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Snow White, and Bambi. His movies, books, comics, merchandise, and television programs have (1) ............ several generations of children and adults both in America and around the world. He (2) ............ the theme park into a dream family destination, providing fun, safe, and affordable adventures for millions of people. He became a major public figure and (3) ............ with kings and presidents and movie stars. He changed the way Hollywood made movies with his innovative animations and his (4) ............, family-oriented motion pictures. He perfected the model of merchandise (5) ............ and entered nearly every American home with his images, stories, or ideals. But Walt Disney is dead and has been since 1966. The cause of his death is not a mystery: he smoked all his life and succumbed (6) ............ lung cancer. Despite urban legends that have him preserved in a cryogenic freeze, ready to be (7) ............ out when science deems (8) ............ possible, he and his body are gone, and his ashes are buried in a cemetery in California. News of the death of Walt Disney stunned his employees who were not generally aware of the seriousness of his illness.