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Roy E Disney Filed for Divorce

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From TMZ.com:

Not the Happiest Place on Earth

TMZ has exclusively learned that Walt Disney's nephew, Roy E. Disney, 77, has filed for divorce from his wife Patricia -- after 51 years of marriage. Disney is citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

The couple married on September 17, 1955, just after Disneyland opened. They have four adult children.

Roy was pivotal in ousting former Disney CEO Michael Eisner from his office. Roy is still a senior executive with Disney. Forbes estimated his fortune at $1.2 billion.
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That's sad. Wow! 51 years. None of us really know what's going on between the two, but it does seem strange to divorce at 77. But I guess when you're misserable, it's time for a change no matter what age you are. Thanks for sharing, musicradio77.
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Strange, lasting 51 years is pretty hard to do under the happiest of circumstances but divorcing at that point is even more rare.
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musicradio77 wrote:From TMZ.com:

Not the Happiest Place on Earth

TMZ has exclusively learned that Walt Disney's nephew, Roy E. Disney, 77, has filed for divorce from his wife Patricia -- after 51 years of marriage. Disney is citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

The couple married on September 17, 1955, just after Disneyland opened. They have four adult children.

Roy was pivotal in ousting former Disney CEO Michael Eisner from his office. Roy is still a senior executive with Disney. Forbes estimated his fortune at $1.2 billion.
That's so Sad... I remember Roy telling my family and I that he proposed to his wife on the day Disneyland Opened and got married shortly after he Proposed to her...
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Wow, 51 years of marriage. I never would've guessed it would end after all those years.
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Unusual.
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How sad. I Googled "Roy Disney Divorce" and the first site (a paper from San Antonio I think) said that Roy & his wife had been living apart for a while. It's really unfortunate. Hopefully they'll be happier with their lives once this is over. I can't imagine ending a marriage that lasted so long.
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What a pity, after all this time... :cry:
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This was just on a tabloid news program here. Just FYI. Mán, they're really not up-to-date...
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