What Would Walt Do? - The 1984 Disney Hostile Takeover Attempt Part 1

In December of 1966 Walt Disney passed away, leaving Walt Disney Productions stunned and with one question: What now? "What Would Walt Do?" was a mantra that guided Walt Disney Productions through the following 24 years, but it was also the question that set them up as the targets of a hostile takeover attempt in one of their most tumultuous years ever: 1984.

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