A: Then California governor-elect Reagan said in a December 15, 1966, radio interview that though he had never made a picture with Disney, he had known Walt as a “friend”—sounding very distraught over the news of Walt’s passing. Based on personal correspondence between them, it’s clear that Reagan had much respect for Walt, and valued his help at the beginning of his political career, when Walt had supported him. Reagan was also an early proponent of issuing the Walt Disney commemorative stamp in 1968—saying that because of Walt “the world is a richer, better, place.”