Author and former Imagineer Bruce Gordon dies at age 56

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Bruce Gordon, a former longtime Disney Imagineer who was involved in the creation of numerous Disney theme-park attractions around the world and wrote or co-wrote an array of Disney-related books, died at his home Tuesday at 56, a Disney spokesman said. He was the author of Disneyland: The Nickel Tour, and had a key role in Splash Mountain and other attractions.

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