America Sings

America Sings was a show at Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, from 1974 to 1988. It featured a cast of Audio-Animatronic animals that entertained the audience by singing songs from various periods in America's musical history, often in a humorous fashion.

The death of Deborah Gail Stone

On July 18, 1974, just three weeks after the attraction opened, Disneyland cast member Deborah Gail Stone was killed when she was crushed between the building's rotating wall and a stationary wall. She was welcoming new audiences as they came into the theater. Stone approached too close to the area between the rotating wall and the non-moving stage wall and was caught between them. The Attraction was stopped when guests in the adjacent theatre heard her screams.

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July 18 - 1974

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Afterwards, America Sings was closed for two days while safety lights were installed. Eventually, the walls were remodeled so that they would breakaway when a similar incident occurred.

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