Matry Sklar

Marty was an icon to the Disney Parks along the way, he was elected as the Disney Legends in 2001 and became ambassador for Imagineering . I read his book Dream It! Do It: My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdom it’s a great book. We will miss you Marty :'(

Nascfan wrote:

So sad.
We’ve already got a thread going here: https://www.d-cot.com/topic/matry-sklar/ so I’m going to go ahead and close this one just to keep things in one place and neat and tidy, k?
I agree, he will be missed so much. So much of Walt’s vision was carried on by him.

I merged the two threads so we can keep all replies and related content on this topic together

RIDisneyPinGuy wrote:

Nascfan wrote:

This one hurts. It hurts bad. He was a direct line to Walt and Walt’s vision of the theme parks and the whole company really. One of the last direct ties to Walt.

I couldn’t have said it any better.

When I read Kingdom Keepers, I picture the character ‘Wayne’ to be [like or inspired by] Marty. Disney and all who love it have lost someone and something that truly could never be replaced.

YES!!! That’s exactly who I pictured as Wayne too!!!! This is such a sad loss to the Disney community and family. Marty was one of a kind and really helped to bring Walt’s vision to life. He will be greatly missed. My heart hurt when I heard this news.

Kinda makes one wonder, who are the last ties to Walk? Tony Baxter comes to mind

dngnb8 wrote:

Kinda makes one wonder, who are the last ties to Walk? Tony Baxter comes to mind

Bob Gurr and Richard Sherman are two other names that pop into my head. Not too many left for sure. Makes me sad.

eeyorepoohfan wrote:

I have been wanting to read this book for a while. Now I really really want to read it!

Same here! I really don’t know how to process this :'(