He was the son of Walt Disney’s invaluable business partner, Roy O. Disney, and he himself was involved with the company for over 55 years. Roy E. Disney was also a partner in the former Burbank-based Shamrock Broadcasting, which owned radio stations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, Phoenix and Pittsburgh until it sold out in the mid-1990s wave of consolidation. Disney’s Hollywood history includes bringing a new era of animation success to the Disney company, and urging it to hire Michael Eisner – then later to fire him. Roy E. Disney’s son Roy Patrick Disney has also been involved in radio ownership. More about the the achievements of Roy E. Disney from Los Angeles Business. The National TV Board of Radio-Info takes notice of Disney’s death.