After Walt Disney died in 1966, his grieving staff sealed his office suite in Burbank, and even as work proceeded on “The Jungle Book” there was anxiety that the company’s past might be brighter than its future.
Four years later, those worries deepened as key executives approached retirement, including Walt’s older brother, Roy O. Disney. That’s why, in 1970, the company handed the key to Walt’s still-sealed office to a former UCLA research librarian named Dave Smith, who was sent into the chamber to learn its history.
Poor “Cubby”
… little did Dave Smith know that when the sealed Walt Disney office was opened that the remains of Carl “Cubby” Patrick O’Brien would be found.
Notations in Walt’s day book show that Cubby, the former Mouseketeer on the popular children’s program, The Mickey Mouse Club, had been waiting in the office for a scheduled meeting with Walt the day the office was sealed. Out of respect for their former boss, nobody from the staff dared to open the office before it was sealed up for the next four years.
yes, this is totally made up. I’m sure Cubby is fine.