Chris Christensen, 51, jumped to his death from a parking lot at Disneyland on Saturday evening, leaving a suicide note blaming his wife.
The man was due in court on Monday on charges of child endangerment after his wife Marlena called the police during a heated argument in front of her two young daughters, Katelynn and Kara.
Christensen was the principal of Newland Elementary School in Huntington Beach, California before he met his death.
The principal took his own life on Saturday around 9pm, during the Christmas lighting ceremony at the Anaheim theme park – a ceremony reportedly attended by Disney’s new CEO, Bob Iger.
In his Facebook post, he wrote that his wife Marlena called the police during a row, which led to the allegations and his suspension from the job he loved.
Christensen, who for over 40 years played the cello in his string group Seaside Strings, was the son of a legendary Disney musical director and Walt Disney World since the 1960s – Jim Christensen, who died in 2020 aged 84.
