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Walt Disney heiress dies at 77; fought Alzheimer’s

– Patricia Disney, who was once married to Walt Disney’s late nephew Roy E. Disney and was vice chairwoman of Roy’s investment company, has died after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.

She was 77.

Family spokesman Clifford Miller says Patricia Disney died Friday in her Los Angeles home, surrounded by her four children.

Her former husband, Roy Disney, was a longtime top executive at The Walt Disney Co., which was founded by his uncle. The couple divorced in 2007, and he died in 2009.

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