December 4, 2022, 4:43 PM · 

Several in the Disneyland local community are reeling today right after the son of a beloved solid member took his own lifetime at the resort very last night time. The Orange County Sign-up is reporting that the gentleman who fell to his demise from the Mickey & Buddies parking framework all-around 9pm Saturday was Chris Christensen, 51. Christensen was the principal at Newland Elementary University in Huntington Seashore and the son of the late Jim Christensen, a longtime new music director for the Disney topic parks. [See Honoring the Late Conductor of Disney World’s College Orchestra for our tribute to Jim.]Chris was an achieved educator and musician in Southern California. The Register’s tale offers a single of his musical colleagues who paid tribute to his function, though also providing extra depth about his job.The incident past night time of course troubled many cast customers in the location, such as all those who witnessed the aftermath. Tram provider to the parking constructions was suspended last evening when neighborhood authorities responded to the scene. Final night time was the once-a-year Candlelight Ceremony at Disneyland, which brings jointly hundreds of musicians from all through Orange County and Southern California, as properly as Disney company and local officers, such as returning CEO Bob Iger. The incident also took place at almost particularly the exact same time as my daughter and I had been driving out of Mickey and Good friends past night. (I did not see everything.) Laurie performed in the Walt Disney Earth orchestra under Chris’ father yrs back, so we feel in addition linked to the family.We prolong our condolences to the Christensen family, Chris’ colleagues and pupils, and to all the Disneyland cast members concerned past evening. Make sure you dial 988 in the United States if you at any time will need immediate mental health counseling and have no other health treatment source out there to aid.
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