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Roy and Patricia Disney Pledge $10 Million to Build the San Fernando Valley's Most Comprehensive Free-Standing Cancer Center

Announcing The Roy and Patricia Disney Cancer Center

BURBANK, Calif., May 17

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Roy and Patricia Disney have pledged $10 million to Providence Saint Joseph Foundation to build the San Fernando Valley's first and most comprehensive free-standing cancer center, it was announced today.

In recognition of their generosity and commitment, the integrated cancer facility, the largest provider of cancer services in the valley, will be named "The Roy and Patricia Disney Cancer Center." The Disney Cancer Center will provide clinical, therapeutic, emotional, and spiritual services, creating a comprehensive healing environment for the valley and extended communities.

Read the full release here. (PRNewsWire via SaveDisney)

(Ed note: Roy Disney's uncle, Walt Disney, died on December 15, 1966 at St Joseph Hospital. He was 65. Although his death certificate listed the cause of death as acute circulatory collapse and cardiac arrest, he was known to be suffering from lung cancer.)

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Author Doug Wright, who won both a Tony award and a Pulitzer prize for "I Am My Own Wife," a one-man play based on the life of German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, is writing the book for the Broadway production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid."

"The Little Mermaid" will reportedly join Disney's "The Lion King" and "Beauty and the Beast" on Broadway in 2007.

Francesca Zambello is rumored to be directing the production, with a score by well-known Disney composer Alan Menken. Wright's earlier work includes "Quills," a play later made into a film starring "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl"'s Geoffrey Rush as the Marquis de Sade.

Disney's "Tarzan" is expected to open in the Big Apple in the 2006 theater season, and the hit "Mary Poppins" is expected to be imported to Broadway from London's West End prior to "The Little Mermaid" as well.


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