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The man widely believed to be the first Mickey Mouse at Walt Disney World has died.

Doug Parks of Gotha died Aug. 29. He was 60.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 1992.story

Disneyphile wrote:

The man widely believed to be the first Mickey Mouse at Walt Disney World has died.

Doug Parks of Gotha died Aug. 29. He was 60.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc ... 1992.story

I know it's way late, but he died too young, I think. Was Parks the one dressed as Mickey when Roy O. Disney dedicated Walt Disney World in 1971?

And here I was thinking that Mickey is always played by a female in the parks. At least Parks isn't the only male to assume that honor. At Disneyland, too, for the first several years or so, Mickey was also played by a male, named Paul Castle. Look here for that: http://disneyonparole.blogspot.com/2010 ... mouse.html.