What was the painful event that happened in Walt Disney's life in November of 1938 and how did it come about?

Ilona_Ritter

The event was his mother was killed by gas. And it happend because of a leaky furnance at her home. His father and the maid were exposed but they were okay. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/121818304.html?dids=121818304:121818304&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=NOV+27%2C+1938&author=By+the+United+Press.&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Walt+Disney's+Mother+Killed+By+Gas+in+Hollywood+Home&pqatl=google Dec 31 06, 1:08 AM

skysmom65

Yes llona! The painful event was his mother's death in November 1938. Walt and Roy had purchased a home for their parents some months before. Flora had been complaining about the gas furnace. Walt sent a studio handyman to fix it, but he didn't do an adequate job. Early one morning, poisonous fumes spread through the house. The couple's housekeeper began to get woozy and checked on the couple upstairs. She found Elias lying in the hall. Flora was on the bathroom floor. They were able to rescue Elias, but it was too late for Walt's beloved mother. Many years later, according to his daughter Sharon, Walt still found the subject nearly impossible to talk about. Dec 31 06, 8:42 AM