The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney after Walt lost the rights to his first co-creation with animator Ub Iwerks, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, to Universal. From ...

Roy Edward Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney, died Wednesday after a yearlong battle with stomach cancer, according to a Walt ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney whose powerful behind-the-scenes influence on The Walt Disney Co. led to the departure of former chief Michael Eisner, has died. He was 79.

A new commemorative plaque was unveiled in Downtown Orlando to mark the site where Walt and Roy O. Disney first announced the “Florida Project” more than 60 years ago. The plaque stands in Thornton ...