In Passing: Dallas McKennon
I’m saddened to relay the news via Mark Evanier’s NewsFromME.com of the passing of prolific cartoon voice actor Dallas “Dal” McKennon, who died Tuesday morning at the age of 89 (and mere days from his...
View Article‘King of the Hill’ Star Brittany Murphy Dies
TMZ reports that Brittany Murphy died from cardiac arrest Sunday morning, December 20th. She was 32. Murphy was discovered unconscious in the shower Sunday morning, and a 911 call was placed at 8:00 AM...
View ArticleR.I.P., Arnold Stang (1918-2009)
Mark Evanier is reporting via his blog NewsFromME.com that Arnold Stang has died at the age of 91. This has been a rather depressing year with the loss of several voice talents, some of which I still...
View ArticleEvent: Muppeteer Richard Hunt Biography Reading
Author Jessica Max Stein, who published an 84-page biography on Muppeteer Richard Hunt in August 2009, will conclude her follow-up “zine tour” with a bookstore event in Chicago, IL on Sunday, January...
View ArticleRIP, Zelda Rubenstein
Actress Zelda Rubenstein, who famously played the diminutive psychic in the 1982 horror classic Poltergeist, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 27th. She was 76. A strong presence both on and off-camera as...
View ArticleRIP, Shirley Bell Cole
The New York Times is reporting that Shirley Bell Cole died on January 12th, 2010. She was 89. Cole voiced the title character for the popular radio show “Little Orphan Annie” (an adaptation of the...
View ArticleRIP, Ed Ragozzino
The Register-Guard is reporting that performer Ed Ragozzino died of cancer Saturday, Jan. 30th. He was 79. In addition to a serving in the Army during the Korean War, Ragozzino also had a fair “side...
View ArticleFeatured Voices: Jeff Bordner
Continued Super Bowl Sunday voice-related coverage… Salt Lake City’s KSL.com has an interview with Jeff Bordner, who won the audition as the announcer for Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl VI. “I love what I...
View ArticleRIP Eddie Carroll, 1933-2010
The International Jack Benny Fan Club is reporting that Eddie Carroll, voice of iconic Disney character Jiminy Cricket since 1973, has passed away of a brain tumor at the age of 76. Carroll assumed the...
View ArticleVoice Actors Pay Tribute to ‘Robotech’ Producer
Robotech.com has a memorial page for US anime pioneer and Robotech producer Carl Macek, who passed away April 17th of a heart attack at the age of 58. The page includes reflections on “Uncle Carl” (as...
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