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Last December,Lloyd Jones, 36, from Kent, England, lost his four-year-old son, Ollie, a rare genetic disorder called leucodystrophy, which affects the brain and spinal cord. The little boy's favorite superhero was Spider-Man and the last family trip together had been to see him atDisneyland. He had no meaning that the family wanted to place a beloved character's engraving on Ollie's gravestone as a way to honor his memory. But when the brother of Lloyd,Jason Jones, reached at theWalt Disney Company For permission, they said no on the reasons for copyright infringement.

"I was sent by email by e-mail for months before someone who asked gave me the right email for Disney," said JasonBetter lifewhen you have reached the phone. "I always have the original answer, which was a refusal."

In the email, the representative of Disney expressed "sincere condolences" to the family for their "heartbreaking losing", but said they could not grant the family's request because of a policy that has start withWalt Disney He himself who does not allow the use of characters on gravestones, cemetery or other commemorative markers or funeral urns. "The representative explained that the policy without tombstone was supported by a desire to" preserve the same innocence and the same magic surrounding our characters who brought [Ollie] such joy. "

Instead, the Disney representative offered to "commemorate" the little boy with a "hand drawing" personalized hand "hand painted" superhero on a piece of transparent material.

Anyway, the Jones took the hard reject.

"Since Ollie died, my brother's life has been crazy," Jason said. "Ollie has been severely disabled and Lloyd still had to take him to appointments and different specialists. That's all his life. When Ollie died, he killed him. When I told him that Dumbstruck had said No, it was in saying that there was a possibility they said no. I would understand if they did not want to fire their characters to be on the side of a truck selling something but for the grave d 'a child? "

Since the story started to have drawn attention to the weekend, some fans slammed Disney for their decision to deny the demand.

A fan has even started aChange.org petition Using the Walt Disney company to make an exception to their policy and give the family their wish. At the time of publication, he had more than 900 signatures.

"We just thought we would have the tombstone and that would be that," Jason said. "Lloyd is happy that [the story be] to attract attention, but we never waited for it. He said," Everyone saw Ollie's face now, no one will ever forget it . "It's just broken his heart."

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