Frank Wells

Frank Wells (March 4, 1932-April 3, 1994) was an American buisnessman who served as president of the Walt Disney Company from 1984 until his death in 1994. Disney shareholders Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold recruited Wells to become Disney's president and chief operating officer along with Michael Eisner as Chairman and CEO, in their bid to Oust CEO/President Ron W. Miller. Wells died in a helicopter crash in Easter 1994 while returning from a ski trip in Neveda's Ruby Mountains, he was good friend of Clint Eastwood who had been sking with him during that weekend and got on a different helicopter and hour before the crash. Both the building where the Disney Archives are and The Lion King which came out in the summer after his death were dedicated to Wells' memory.