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Disney said on Thursday that McCarthy was departing on family medical leave, and her husband is known to be ill and has been in treatment at a healthcare facility for several months.
McCarthy, 67, has been with the company for more than two decades. She became CFO in 2015, and is viewed as a key ally of Bob Iger, after helping to engineer his return as Disney CEO last year.