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In a sign of tension at the top of one of the nation's media giants, Walt Disney Co. vice chairman Roy E. Disney stepped down from the board of directors and called on chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner to resign. Disney, 73, is the last family member active in the company, founded in the 1920s by his uncle Walt and his father, Roy O. Disney, who was the business manager. He said he also is quitting as chairman of the company's animation division.
UPDATE: Stanley Gold, another Disney board member an ally of Roy Disney, also resigned today.
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