Individual Details

Roy Edward Disney Jr.

(10 Jan 1930 - 16 Dec 2009)

Businessman. Longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt Disney founded. At the time of death he was a shareholder (over 16 million shares or about 1%), and served as a consultant for the company and Director Emeritus for the Board of Directors. He is perhaps best known for organizing the ousting of two top Disney executives: first, Ron Miller in 1984, and then Michael Eisner in 2005.

Events

Birth10 Jan 1930Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage17 Sep 1955Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - Patricia Ann Dailey
Death16 Dec 2009Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States
Burial10 Jan 2010Pacific Ocean

Families

SpousePatricia Ann Dailey (1935 - 2012)
FatherRoy Oliver Disney Sr. (1893 - 1971)
MotherEdna Francis Disney (1890 - 1984)

Endnotes

1. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK75-GN8J : Sun Jan 19 19:28:09 UTC 2025), Entry for Patricia A Dailey Disney and Roy E Disney, 04 Feb 2012..

2. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK75-GN8J : Sun Jan 19 19:28:09 UTC 2025), Entry for Patricia A Dailey Disney and Roy E Disney, 04 Feb 2012..

3. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK75-GN8J : Sun Jan 19 19:28:09 UTC 2025), Entry for Patricia A Dailey Disney and Roy E Disney, 04 Feb 2012..