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2004 Jackson Beck, voice over actor, Popeye, dies at 92

2004 Danny Dark, voice, Superman in the '70s and '80s, dies at 63

2003 Earl Hindman, voice with hat, Home Improvement, dies at 61

2003 Barry White, man with velvet voice, ", Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, ", dies at 58

2002 Gordon Matthews, engineer, inventor of voice mail, dies at 65

2001 Billie Lou Watt, voice, Kimba the White Lion, dies at 71

2001 Lorenzo Music, voice, ", voice of Garfield, the Cat, ", dies at 64

2001 Norma MacMillan, cartoon voice, voice of Casper, dies at 79

1999 Rex Allen, actor/voice, dies at 78

1999 Mary Kay Bergman, cartoon voice, South Park, dies at 38

1999 Jean Vander Pyl, cartoon voice, The Flintstones, dies at 78

1999 Betty Lou Gerson, voice, 101 Dalmations, dies at 84

1998 Mae Questel, actress, voice of Betty Boop, dies at 89

1997 Don Messick, cartoon voice (Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm), dies at 62

1997 Adriana Caseloti, voice (Snow White), dies at 70

1996 Ethel Jane Cain, original U.K. Speaking Clock voice, dies at 87

1995 Jack Wagner, actor/voice (Disneyland, Walt Disney World), dies

1994 Keith Davis, voice Tutor/Author, dies at 85

1994 "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 9 performances

1994 "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 9 performances

1994 Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83

1993 Clyde Adler, voice (White Fang/Black Tooth-Soupy Sales), dies

1992 Jackson Weaver, voice of Smokey the Bear, dies of diabetes

1992 Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87

1991 Eleanor Audley, voice (Wicked Stepmother-Cinderella), dies at 86

1991 James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84

1989 Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81

1988 Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71

1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials

1986 Paul Frees, cartoon voice (Boris Badenov), dies at 66

1986 Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle), dies at 66

1985 Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65

1985 Clarence Nash, voice (Donald Duck), dies at 80 of leukemia, in California

1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"

1982 Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85

1977 Alan Reed, actor (Fred Allen)/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69

1975 Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60

1973 Allan "Rocky" Lane, actor (voice of Mr. Ed, Red Ryder), dies at 72

1972 Charles J Correll, actor/voice (Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 82

1972 Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79

1968 After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio

1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting

1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission

1967 Pinto Colvig, animation voice (Goofy, Pluto), dies at 75

1966 Melissa Brooke-Belland, rocker, Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee

1963 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)

1962 Tracey Bryn, rocker, Voice of Beehive-Let it Bee

1960 Woody, rocker, Voice of Beehive-Let it Bee

1958 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere")

1958 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower

1958 Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission

1955 1st edition of "Village Voice" (New York City) published

1947 Voice of America begins broadcasting to U.S.S.R.

1943 John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in New York City

1942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)

1937 Lorenzo Music, born in Brooklyn, New York, writer/actor/voice, Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield

1936 Clarence Nash, animation voice, Donald Duck

1935 Don Messick, Buffalo, New York, cartoon voice, Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm

1933 1st voice amplification system to be used in U.S. Senate

1931 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI

1928 Andrew Sarris, movie critic, Village Voice

1927 Don Messick, cartoon voice, Bam-bam, Astro, Scooby-Doo

1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice

1926 Stan Freberg, born in Los Angeles, California, satirist/ad executive/cartoon voice, Bertie

1926 Cicely Berry, voice director, Royal Shakespeare Company

1925 Nat Hentoff, columnist/novelist, Village Voice, The Cold Society

1923 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester

1923 Herschel Bernardi, actor, Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front

1920 Paul Frees, born in Chicago, Illinois, animation voice, Bullwinkle

1916 Daws Butler, born in Toledo, Ohio, animation voice, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound

1916 Adriana Caselotti, cartoon voice

1916 Adriana Caselotti, animation voice, Show White

1915 Walter Tetley, born in New York City, animation voice, Sherman-Bullwinkle Show

1913 Mel Allen, born in Birmingham, Alabama, sportscaster, voice of New York Yankees

1909 Ethel Jane Cain, original U.K. Speaking Clock voice

1909 Keith Davis, voice tutor/author

1908 Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig

1907 Alan Reed, New York City, actor, Mr Adams and Eve, /voice, Fred Flintstone

1907 Alan Reed, actor/voice, Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone

1906 Penny Singleton, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, voice, Jane Jetsons, /actress, Blondie

1902 Lillian Bronson, Lockport, New York, actress, Next Voice you Hear

1902 Hubert Beuve-Mery, French newspaper publisher, Le Monde, The Voice,

1901 Allan "Rocky" Lane, Mishawaka, Indiana, actor, voice of Mr. Ed, Red Ryder

1900 National Negro Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," composed

1898 Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet and author, His Master's Voice

1896 Wilfred Pelletier, born in Montreal, Canada, conductor, Voice of Firestone

1892 Pinto Colvig, OR, animation voice, Goofy, Pluto

1892 Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor, Voice of Firestone

1883 Marguerite Clark, voice, Snow White

1875 Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission

1873 John Rosamond Johnson, Florida, co-composer, Lift Every Voice and Sing

1868 Thomas Edison patents his 1st invention: electric voice machine

1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice and music

1803 William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature"



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