10 Most Notorious Walt Disney Urban Legends

2. Famous Last Words

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Famous last words are something that are pored over with a rather morbid fascination, with belief that they may reveal some sort of secret about the person uttering them. Nostradamus is said to have uttered "tomorrow, I shall no longer be here" on his deathbed, while "I should have never switched from scotch to martinis" were supposedly the last words of Humphrey Bogart. As for Walt Disney, well apparently he said (or wrote) just two words: "Kurt Russell." 

Disney had recently signed the teenage actor to a 10-year contract with the studio, so there is reason to believe that he would've been on Walt's mind even in his final days. It's mostly believed that his name was the final thing Walt ever wrote, with Russell himself stating that to be the case. 

It instead appears that he did write down Russell's name on a note in his office, along with a few other actors, and apparently it was even misspelt, but the actual find words of Walt Disney remain a mystery. Sorry Kirt. 

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