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Deep-pocketed hopefuls bid for charity and immortality in vying to be the 1,000th ghost at Disney's Haunted Mansion.

By Kimi Yoshino
Times Staff Writer

October 15, 2004

It's a tried-and-true fundraising gimmick: Write a check, and your name is etched in a brick pathway outside the Long Beach Aquarium, or on a wall at Dodger Stadium or the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Frank Gehry-designed concert hall.

Blending philanthropy and obsession, Disneyland took the concept to a new level Thursday. "