Read and label the paragraphs with the headings. Explain the words in bold.
• early years · later years
• name/famous for
• date of death
Most people know all about Mickey Mouse. Mickey is the most famous cartoon character of all times, but what about his father, Walt Disney?
Walt Elias Disney was born on December 5th 1901 in Chicago Illinois, He liked drawing from an early age and he sold his first sketches to his neighbours when he was only seven years old. In August 1923 he left for Hollywood. He had only $40 with him. His brother Roy lived in California and together they started the now famous Disney Brothers studio in their uncle’s garage,
Walt created his most famous character Mickey Mouse in 1928. Mickey appeared in the first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie the same year. Walt won the first of his 32 Academy awards in 1932 for the film Flowers and Trees. Over the next five years Walt Disney made some of his most popular films such as, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi. He made 81 films in total while he was alive.
Walt Disney died in 1966, His work lives on today with each new generation enjoying his films and cartoons.
