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| Walt Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company |
Walt Disney was frozen in a cryogenic tank shortly after he died in the hopes that science would one day be able to reanimate his frozen body after a cure for his ailments were found.
The time to test that theory has come. This coming December, to mark the 55th anniversary of Mr. Disney’s passing, The Cryonics Institute will set in motion reanimation procedures.
This whole event will be captured and recorded in a variety of ways. There will also be a live feed to see if Walt does wake up immediately.
Sources inside The Cryonics Institute says it will take up to a week to know for sure if their efforts will have been successful.
Not Only did Walt hope for a cure, but he was also obsessed with what the world would be like in the future.
Disney arranged to have himself frozen in cryonic chamber full of liquid nitrogen upon his death.
Walt Disney’s health had been deteriorating for many months before he finally agreed to enter St. Joseph hospital in California on 2ovember 2, 1966, for tests concerning the pain in his leg and neck. Doctors discovered a walnut-sized spot on the x-ray of his left lung and advised immediate surgery.
Disney left the hospital to attend to studio business for a few days, then re-entered St. Joseph on Sunday, November 6, for surgery the next day. During Monday morning’s operation, doctors found his left lung to be cancerous and removed it. His oversized lymph nodes were an indication that Disney hadn’t much longer to live.
After two weeks of post-operative care, Disney was released from the hospital. He crossed the street to his studios and spent another ten days tending to studio business and visiting relatives before he grew too weak and had to return to St. Joseph on November 30. His health started to fail even more rapidly than expected, and drugs and cobalt treatments sapped what little strength he had left. Walt Disney died two weeks later when his circulatory system collapsed on the morning of December 15, 1966.
With the immense amount of changes that have occurred since his passing,
we suspect there will be a steep learning curve, but who better than
Mr. Disney himself to navigate this new world. It’s really a small world
after all.
