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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 1996 Hugo Gryn, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue, dies at 66 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 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 1986 Shia LaBeouf, born in Los Angeles, California, voice actor, actor, comedian, appeared in Disney's 'Even Stevens' television series, film debut, 'Holes', appeared in 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' 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 1981 Jonny Lang, born in Fargo, North Dakota, born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr., singer, songwriter, guitarist, rock, gospel, blues musician, plays Benedict guitars, Fender Telecaster Thinline, voice sounds like veteran blues singer, toured with Sting, performed for President Bill Clinton 1977 Alan Reed, actor (Fred Allen)/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69 1976 Ville Valo, born in Helsinki, Finland, musician, singer, songwriter, leader, HIM rock band, baritone voice, Moto Moto in Finnish version of movie, Madagaskar 2 1976 Andy Milonakis, born in Katonah, New York, actor, comedian, uses comedy to deflect from his congenital growth-hormone condition, giving him the voice, appearance of an adolescent boy, appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live television show 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 1970 Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings 1969 Patton Oswalt, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, comedian, employs observational comedy, black comedy, surreal humor in his acts, wrote for MADtv, played Spence Olchin on 'The King of Queens' television show, voice of Remy in 'Ratatouille' 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 Mike Myers, born in Scarborough, Canada, comedian, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer, movies include 'Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers', 'Shrek' 1963 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) 1962 Tracey Bryn, rocker, Voice of Beehive-Let it Bee 1961 Susan Boyle, born in Blackburn, Scotland, Scottish singer, gained international attention, audience ovation, on television contest, Britain's Got Talent with Les Miserables song, 'I Dreamed a Dream', and 'Cry Me a River', plain appearance contrasts with her powerful voice 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 1955 Diamanda Galas, born America, composer, musician, politically charged performance artist, keyboardist, singer, has a voice range of three and a half octaves 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) 1941 Lisa Davina Phillip, born in Britain, actress, singer, voice actor, played role of teenage prostitute Macy in film 'Laters' 1940 Tim Rose, born in Washington, D.C., born Timothy Alan Patrick Rose, singer, songwriter, guitarist, voice compared to Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker 1939 Tom Johnson, born in Greely, Colorado, composer, minimalist style, new music critic for the Village Voice, wrote music based on tiling, involving mathematical and logical processes 1937 Lorenzo Music, born in Brooklyn, New York, writer/actor/voice, Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield 1936 Clarence Nash, animation voice, Donald Duck 1933 1st voice amplification system to be used in U.S. Senate 1932 Adrian Mitchell, born in North London, English playwright, poet, children's author, voice for British anti-authoritarian Left 1931 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI 1930 Hugo Gryn, born in Britain, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue 1928 Andrew Sarris, movie critic, Village Voice 1927 Raaj Kumar, born in Balochistan, Pakistan, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', starred in more than 70 Bollywood films, had an iconic, gravelly voice 1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice 1926 Don Messick, born in Buffalo, New York, cartoon voice, Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm 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 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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