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In my pop culture TL, American Magic, Walt Disney lives to be 91 and continued to have an active role in the company bearing his name until the very end. Under his watch, the studio diversifies much sooner than IOTL and was in much better financial shape leading up to what was the company's Renaissance period IOTL.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1993
While most Americans on the east coast were firing up their barbecue grills for Labor Day, the west coast was waking up to devastating news.
Clip from NBC's TODAY KATIE COURIC: Walt Disney, the man who turned a tiny cartoon studio into a multibillion dollar juggernaut has died at 11:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time Sunday night at the age of 91.
Clip from ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT JOHN TESH: The most famous movie mogul in Hollywood and one of America's best known pop culture icons died in his sleep late Sunday night at his Hollywood home with family and friends by his side.
Clip from CNN's SHOWBIZ TODAY JIM MORET: Tributes will no doubt be pouring in from all over the entertainment business today and in the coming weeks. Millions around the world today are mourning the loss of Walt Disney, who died late Sunday night after nearly 70 years in Hollywood.
Clip from ESPN's SportsCenter DAN PATRICK: Major League Baseball postponed today and tonight's slate of games out of respect for the passing of Walt Disney late last night. The Commissioner's office told ESPN that the games affected will be played either tomorrow as doubleheaders or made up later this month. In other sports, Pro Football International said it would allow the season premiere of ABC's Monday Night Football to go on as scheduled. The Miami Dolphins and New York Giants petitioned Commissioner Mitt Romney to call the game off citing the country's mournful mood over Disney's death, but Romney ultimately denied their requests. Coverage from the Meadowlands begins at 8:30 PM Eastern on ABC.
Clip from MTV News KURT LODER: Tributes to Walt Disney have poured in from all over the music world and beyond throughout the afternoon. Later this week, MTV will devote a special edition of The Week in Rock to a retrospect of the songs and music from many of Disney's classic films.
BUMPER: MTV News, you hear it *record scratches* first!