It’s true, here’s the story that put Walt Disney into a deep depression …
Walt Disney’s mother and father, Flora and Elias, were married on New Years Day 1888. For their Golden Wedding Anniversary, riding on the success of Snow White, the successful son Walt gifted them with a home in Toluca Lake (Hopeland), CA. The Disney’s loved their new home, except for one thing. Apparently the furnace wasn’t very good, and Mrs. Disney complained about the fumes.
Enter good son Walt, who had studio workers install a new gas furnace in the home. I have always heard that Walt fixed it himself, but can not find documentation to support that. On the night of November 26th, 1938, Elias woke and found his wife laying on the bathroom floor. He himself passed out trying to transport her.
The next morning Alma Smith, the maid, came to work and upon entering the kitchen, became faint. She opened the doors and windows, and went to check on Mr. and Mrs. Disney. Mrs. Disney was dead, and Mr. Disney and Alma were taken to Hollywood Hospital where they recovered.
Mr. Disney was released in time to attend his wife’s funeral at Forest Lawn Glendale, at the Wee Kirk Church.
Police attributed the tragedy to a faulty connection in the gas furnace which allowed the home to be overcome with carbon monoxide fumes.
Walt never got over the tragedy. Sadly, this could have been prevented if there was a carbon monoxide detector in his parents’ home, keeping Walt from going into a deep depression. Additionally, I am confident Walt would have had one installed in his parents home had they been in existence at the time (the first CO detectors came out a few years later in the 1940′s).
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