January •
January 1:
Wayne Osmond, American musician (voiced himself in
The Osmonds), dies at age 73. •
January 5: •
Benoît Allemane, French voice actor (French dub voice of
Foghorn Leghorn in the
Looney Tunes franchise,
Ronan the Accuser in
The Super Hero Squad Show,
Mayor Hamilton Hill in
Batman: The Animated Series, Silverback in
Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts, Doctor X in
Action Man, Narrator in
Teen Titans, voice of Akeltonon in
Mummy Nanny,
Santa Claus in ''
Santa's Apprentice, Yule in Mune: Guardian of the Moon, Narrator in Snow White: The Sequel''), dies at age 82. •
Jim Short, Australian-born American comedian (voice of
Keith Richards in the
God, the Devil and Bob episode "Keith Richards"), dies at age 58. •
January 6:
Dale Wilson, Canadian actor (voice of Ja-Kal in
Mummies Alive!,
Cell, Kami and Android 8 in the
Ocean dub of
Dragon Ball Z,
Paw Pooch in
Krypto the Superdog, Java in
Martin Mystery,
Akuma in
Street Fighter,
Robert Kelly in
X-Men: Evolution and
Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Clow Reed in the
Nelvana dub of
Cardcaptor Sakura, Captain Grid-Iron in
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Wreckage in
G.I. Joe Extreme, Smokescreen and Hoist in
Transformers: Armada, Mudflap in
Transformers: Cybertron,
Machine Man and
Electro in
Spider-Man Unlimited, Knuck in
Action Man, Toa Lewa and Turaga Onewa in
Bionicle: Mask of Light, provided additional voices for
Extreme Dinosaurs), dies at age 82. •
January 8:
Charles Kay, British actor (voice of Capulet in the
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales episode "
Romeo and Juliet"), dies at age 94. •
January 10:
Christopher Benjamin, English actor (voice of Rowf in
The Plague Dogs, Duke Frederick and Corin in the
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales episode "
As You Like It"), dies at age 90. •
January 11:
Joel Paley, American screenwriter (''
Cats Don't Dance''), dies at age 69. •
January 12:
Robert Machray, American actor (voice of Principal in
Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa), dies at age 79. •
January 13:
Nathalie Dupree, American cookbook writer and television personality (played herself in the
Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Cookout"), dies at age 85. •
January 15:
Patricia Lyfoung, French comic artist and animator (
Totally Spies!,
Action Dad), dies at age 47. •
January 16: •
David Lynch, American director (
Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times)), visual artist, musician and actor (voice of Gus the Bartender in
The Cleveland Show, Mad Scientist in
Robot Chicken, all characters in
DumbLand, himself in the
Family Guy episode "
How the Griffin Stole Christmas"), dies at age 78. •
Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster, actor and comedian (voice of the Narrator in the ''
Teacher's Pet episode "Take Me Out of the Ball Game", Baseball Announcer in the Puppy Dog Pals episode "Take Me Out to the Pug Game", Bob Yucker in the Monsters at Work episode "The Damaged Room", himself in the Futurama episode "A Leela of Her Own" and the Teen Titans Go!'' episode "BBRBDAY"), dies at age 90. •
Joan Plowright, English actress (voice of Baylene in
Dinosaur, Ms. Plushbottom in
Curious George), dies at age 95. •
January 17: •
Robert Verrall, Canadian animator (
The Romance of Transportation in Canada,
What on Earth!,
Cosmic Zoom), dies at age 97. •
Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and screenwriter (
Munro), dies at age 95. •
January 25:
Olga James, American singer and actress (voice of Mrs. Thomas in
Sealab 2020), dies at age 95. •
January 29:
Joe Hale, American animator (
Sleeping Beauty,
The Black Cauldron,
The Great Mouse Detective,
Robin Hood, ''
Mickey's Christmas Carol), producer (The Black Cauldron
) and screenwriter (The Black Cauldron''), dies at age 99. •
January 30:
Dick Button, American figure skater and analyst (voiced himself in the
Animaniacs episode "All the Words in the English Language"), dies at age 95.
February •
February 2:
Brian Murphy, English actor (voice of Len Pond in
Pond Life, Dr. Attticus in
Hilltop Hospital), dies at age 92. •
February 4:
Ed Seeman, American animator (
Casper the Friendly Ghost,
Popeye), dies at age 93. •
February 9:
William H. Bassett, American actor (voice of Counterfeiter and Whispering Councilman in the Manga Video dub of
The Castle of Cagliostro, Principal in the 2001 dub of
Akira, Magician in
Catnapped!, Elder in
Appleseed, Chief Cabinet Secretary Takakura in
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Swampmonster in
Avatar: The Last Airbender, Toba Islander in the
Mermaid Forest episode "Togyo no sato part 2", Frog in the
Cowboy Bebop episode "Mushroom Samba", Yuri Hussler in the
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory episode "A Storm Raging Through", provided additional voices for
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie), dies at age 89. •
February 11:
Jerry Eisenberg, American animator (
The Peter Potamus Show,
My Little Pony,
Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles,
Super Friends,
Spider-Man,
House of Mouse), dies at age 87. •
February 12:
Biff Wiff, American actor (voice of Drifter, Keeper and Sgt. Hind in
Kiff), dies at age 76. •
February 14:
Alice Hirson, American actress (voice of Mrs. Johnson in
Baby Blues, Peg Chapman in the
Godzilla: The Series episode "Wedding Bells Blew", Mrs. Perry in the
Trash Truck episode "Pranks"), dies at age 95. •
February 16:
Julian Holloway, British actor (voice of Odlaw in ''
Where's Wally?, Bradford Milbanks in James Bond Jr., Captain Zed in Captain Zed and the Zee Zone, Digby in Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, Siegfried Fischbacher in Father of the Pride, Prime Minister Almec and Admiral Kilian in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Death in Regular Show''), dies at age 80. •
February 18:
Gene Hackman, American actor (voice of General Mandible in
Antz), dies at age 95. •
February 20:
Peter Jason, American actor (voice of Manny in
The New Batman Adventures, Coach Creager in
Batman Beyond, Coach in
Hair High, Exterminator in
The Secret World of Arrietty, Nix in
Mixels, Mason in the
Batman: The Animated Series episode "It's Never Too Late", Royal Treasurer in the
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child episode "
The Emperor's New Clothes", Bobby Nacht in the
Pinky and the Brain episode "Hoop Schemes", Farmer MacDonald in the
Jackie Chan Adventures episode "The Amazing T-Troop"), dies at age 80. •
February 21:
Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (voice of Shirley Feeney in
Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, Jessica Morganberry and young
Clark Kent in
Superman,
Aunt Harriet in
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and
Batman vs. Two-Face, Kitty Grunewald in
Life with Louie, Clara, Izzie's Mother, and Beatrice in ''
Izzie's Way Home, Sister Agnes and Barb Kleffman in Mike Tyson Mysteries, Mona Lisa in The Tick'' episode "Leonardo da Vinci and His Fightin' Genius Time Commandos!", Violet in the
Batman: The Animated Series episode "Eternal Youth", additional voices in
Barnyard,
Family Dog, and
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), dies at age 78. •
February 24:
Fumi Kitahara, American animation publicist (
DreamWorks Animation,
Aardman Animations,
Laika, LLC,
Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 56. •
February 25: •
Baoan Coleman, Vietnamese-American actor (voice of Mr. Hyunh in
Hey Arnold!), dies at age 85. •
Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (
Transformers: Prime), dies at age 51. •
February 26:
Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (voice of
Valkyrie in
The Super Hero Squad Show, Bar Girl in
DC Showcase: Jonah Hex, Blood Moon in the
SuperMansion episode "A Midsummer Night's Ream", Judy Reilly in
Human Kind Of, Dr. Wagner in the
Harriet the Spy episode "I Am the Onion"), dies at age 39. •
February 28:
David Johansen, American singer, songwriter and actor (voice of Shayol in
Gandahar, Beartaur in
Centaurworld, Bus Driver in ''
Cats Don't Dance, Ding Dong Daddy in the Teen Titans'' episode "Revved Up"), dies at age 75.
March •
March 2:
George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian (voice of
Space Ghost in
Space Ghost Coast to Coast and
Cartoon Planet), dies at age 67. •
March 6: Josef Zíma, Czech actor (Czech dub voice of Bashful in
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
Kaa in
The Jungle Book), dies at age 92. •
March 11: •
Dave Mallow, American voice actor (voice of Mao Mao, Oculi and Chao in
Dragon Ball, Upamon, Angemon and Sepahimon in
Digimon Adventure, Otamamon and Tokomon in
Digimon Data Squad, Amarao in
FLCL, Mr. Barnes and Granpa in
Lego Friends), dies at age 76. •
Clive Revill, New Zealand actor (voice of Kickback in
The Transformers, King Nod in
The Thief and the Cobbler, the Mighty Om in
The Legend of Prince Valiant, Lyle Spanger, Baffeardin and Hermil Sioro in
Freakazoid!, Galeo in
Snorks, Potsworth in
Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone, narrator in ''
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, King Claudius in the Pinky and the Brain episode "Melancholy Brain", Shedlock Jones in the DuckTales episode "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Duck", Professor Grimace in the MoonDreamers segments of My Little Pony, first voice of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series''), dies at age 94. •
March 12:
Takashi Inagaki, Japanese voice actor (voice of Mosquito in
Soul Eater,
Cain in
The Seven Deadly Sins, Joseph Dzhugashgvili in
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie, Godo in the
Berserk episode "Epiphany", Japanese dub voice of the Warden in
Megamind, Magic Mirror in
House of Mouse,
Palpatine in
Star Wars: The Clone Wars and
Star Wars: Rebels), dies at age 87. •
March 13:
Sofia Gubaidulina, Soviet and Russian composer (
Adventures of Mowgli,
The Cat Who Walked by Herself), dies at age 93. •
March 17: David Steven Cohen, American screenwriter (
Courage the Cowardly Dog,
Balto,
ALF Tales,
Tiny Toon Adventures,
Kenny the Shark,
Arthur,
Peg + Cat,
Little People,
Space Racers), dies at age 58. •
March 18: Yôko Kawanami, Japanese voice actress (voice of Bulma's Mother in the
Dragon Ball franchise,
Arcee in
Transformers: The Headmasters, Mrs. Bellum in
Powerpuff Girls Z), dies at age 67. •
March 21:
George Foreman, American boxer (voice of George Fisticuff in the
Garfield and Friends episode "Food Fighters", himself in the
King of the Hill episode "Boxing Luanne"), dies at age 76. •
March 29:
Richard Chamberlain, American actor (voice of
Highfather in
Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Zigg in the
ThunderCats episode "Forest of Magi Oar"), dies at age 90. •
March 31:
Patty Maloney, American actress (voice of Tanis the Mummy in
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, Darla in
The Little Rascals, Blue Eyes in
The Smurfs, Mrs. Segar in
The New Batman Adventures episode "Double Talk", provided additional voices for
The Lord of the Rings), dies at age 89.
April •
April 1:
Val Kilmer, American actor (voice of
Moses and
God in
The Prince of Egypt, Bogardus in
Delgo, Bravo in
Planes), dies at age 65. •
April 2:
Alois Švehlík, Czech actor (voice of Wachek Sr. in
Alois Nebel, Czech dub voice of Amos Slade in
The Fox and the Hound, Vahúr in
The Little Fox, Samson's father in
Samson & Sally, Chuckles in
Toy Story 3), dies at age 85. •
April 3:
John Saint Ryan, English actor (voice of
King Arthur in
Gargoyles), dies at age 72. •
April 4:
Paul Fierlinger, Czech-American animator, and director (
Teeny Little Super Guy,
My Dog Tulip), dies at age 89. •
April 5:
Colin Fox, Canadian actor (voice of the Wizard in
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, Mr. Hinkle in
My Pet Monster, King Harkinian in
The Legend of Zelda segments of
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Large Head in
The NeverEnding Story,
Uatu in
Silver Surfer, Winchester in
The Dating Guy, Supreme Overlord Maximus I.Q. in
Atomic Betty, Dr. Blood in
Bolts & Blip,
Purple Man in the
X-Men: The Animated Series episode "No Mutant is an Island", provided additional voices for
Beetlejuice,
Babar,
Wild C.A.T.s), dies at age 86. •
April 6:
Jay North, American actor (voice of Prince Turhan in the
Arabian Knights segment of
The Banana Splits, Terry Dexter in
Here Comes the Grump,
Bamm-Bamm Rubble in
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, himself in
The Simpsons episode "
Take My Wife Sleaze"), dies at age 73. •
April 7: •
William Finn, American composer and lyricist (
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue,
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars,
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina), dies at age 73. •
Marvin Levy, American film publicist (
DreamWorks Pictures,
Amblin Entertainment,
Columbia Pictures), dies at age 96. •
April 8:
Nicky Katt, American actor (voice of Leland Lizard in
The Get Along Gang, Artist in the
King of the Hill episode "Cecil N'est Pas Une King of the Hill" and Dr. Brown in the episode "The Incredible Hank"), dies at age 54. •
April 10:
Nino Tempo, American singer and saxophonist (voice of Black Bart and Luigi in
Garfield: His 9 Lives, Herbie in
Garfield Goes Hollywood, Monkey in
Garfield in Paradise, Lt. Washington in ''
Garfield's Babes and Bullets''), dies at age 90. •
April 15: •
Wink Martindale, American disc jockey and game show host (voice of Sphinx Martindale in the
Hercules episode "Hercules and the Driving Test", Wink Martiandale in
The Jetsons episode "ASTRONomical I.Q."), dies at age 91. • Ken Shiroyama, Japanese voice actor (voice of Ebizō in
Naruto Shippuden, Dr. Meisel in
Spriggan, Gametsu in
UFO Warrior Dai Apolon, Japanese dub voice of Eustace Bagge in
Courage the Cowardly Dog, Frenzy, Perceptor, Trailbreaker,
Sideswipe in
The Transformers), dies at age 92. •
April 18:
Noreen Young, Canadian actress (voice of Baby Hugs in
The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine, additional voices in
Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas), dies at age 85. •
April 23:
Lulu Roman, American comedian and singer (voice of Lulu Ladybug in the ''Gaither's Pond'' episode "Fish Tales"), dies at age 78. •
April 28:
Andrew Karpen, American studio executive (
Focus Features), dies at age 59. •
April 30: Mark Thornton, Canadian animator (
Grojband,
Looped,
Thumbelina,
The Pebble and the Penguin,
Anastasia,
Titan A.E.,
Joseph: King of Dreams,
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, ''
Stickin' Around, Space Jam, Osmosis Jones, Jacob Two-Two, The Jungle Book 2, 6teen, Clone High, Total Drama, Fangbone!, Arctic Dogs), screenwriter (Grojband
, Looped
), director (Grojband
, Looped
, Total Drama
, Open Season: Call of Nature) and producer (Grojband''), dies at age 55.
May •
May 1:
Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian (voice of Granny Goodwitch in
Linus the Lionhearted, Gladys in
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits, Mama Bear in
The Berenstain Bears, Nose Marie in
Pound Puppies, Felonia Funk in ''
Rockin' with Judy Jetson, Suzie Kabloozie and Feff in Sesame Street, Delilah in Sheep in the Big City, Nandy in Cro, Miss Fresno in the Gravedale High episode "Monster on Trial", singing voice of Frou-Frou in The Aristocats''), dies at age 88. •
May 2: •
Jim Smith, American animator (
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures,
The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil,
McGee and Me!,
Tiny Toon Adventures,
The Oblongs,
Electric City,
Cans Without Labels), storyboard artist (
DIC Entertainment,
Defenders of the Earth,
Spiral Zone,
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures,
Warner Bros. Animation,
Poochini,
Samurai Jack, ''
The X's, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, YooHoo & Friends, Cans Without Labels), character designer (Samurai Jack), background artist (Over the Garden Wall), musician, writer (Samurai Jack), director (The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil), and producer (The Ren & Stimpy Show'', co-founder of
Spümcø), dies at age 70. • Michael Alaimo, American actor (Doctor in
Space Jam), dies at age 86. •
May 3:
Steve Pepoon, American screenwriter (
The Simpsons,
The Wild Thornberrys), dies at age 68. •
May 6:
Fakhri Odeh, Kuwaiti actor (Kuwaiti dub voice of Lepka in
Future Boy Conan), dies at age 75. •
May 8:
Jiří Bartoška, Czech actor (voice of Dr. Dubsky in
Living Large), dies at age 78. •
May 9:
Peter Morwood, Irish novelist and screenwriter (
Batman: The Animated Series,
Gargoyles,
Spider-Man Unlimited), dies at age 68. •
May 13:
John Bryson, American politician and former director of
The Walt Disney Company, dies at age 81. •
May 15:
Charles Strouse, American composer (''
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?, All Dogs Go to Heaven''), dies at age 96. •
May 16:
Meta Velander, Swedish actress (voice of Elsa in
Pettson och Findus – Kattonauten, Swedish dub voice of
Mrs. Potts in
Beauty and the Beast,
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and ''
Belle's Magical World, Madame Medusa in The Rescuers, Amelia Gabble in The Aristocats, Orddu in The Black Cauldron, The Mouse Queen in The Great Mouse Detective, Mrs. Hogenson in The Incredibles''), dies at age 100. •
May 20:
George Wendt, American actor (voice of Ràoul and Member of the Claws in
Garfield on the Town, Ranger #2 in
Garfield in the Rough, Johnny Throat and Punchie in
The Romance of Betty Boop, Grandpa Frank in
Fancy Nancy, Gigi in
I Lost My Body,
Norm Peterson in
The Simpsons episode "
Fear of Flying" and the
Family Guy episodes "
Road to Rupert" and "
Three Kings"), dies at age 76. •
May 24:
Peter David, American comic book writer and screenwriter (
Young Justice,
Ben 10,
Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends), dies at age 68. •
May 26: •
Co Hoedeman, Dutch-Canadian animator (
The Sand Castle,
Ludovic: The Snow Gift,
Winter Days), dies at age 84. •
Frances Doel, British screenwriter (
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time), dies at age 83. •
May 27:
Peter Kwong, American actor (voice of Mr. Ho in the
King of the Hill episode "A Man Without a Country Club"), dies at age 73. •
May 29:
Alf Clausen, American composer (
The Simpsons,
The Critic,
Space Cats), dies at age 84. •
May 30: •
Loretta Swit, American actress (voice of Marcia Cates in the
Batman: The Animated Series episode "Mad as a Hatter", Judge in the
I Am Weasel episode "Law of Gravity"), dies at age 87. •
Renée Victor, American actress (voice of Abuelita in
Coco, Dolores del Rey in
Victor and Valentino, Gloria in the
Fairfax episode "Fairfolks", Pottery Bot and Abuelatron in the
Futurama episode "The One Amigo", Latin American dub voice of Laverne in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
Mombi in
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, provided additional voices for
The Addams Family), dies at age 86.
June •
June 1:
Jonathan Joss, American actor (voice of
Pow Wow Smith in the
Justice League Unlimited episode "The Once and Future Thing Part One: Weird Western Tales", Ooloopie/Mean Polar Bears in
The Wild Thornberrys episode "Polar Opposites", continued voice of
John Redcorn in
King of the Hill, provided additional voices for
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World), dies at age 59. •
June 3: •
Eugen Doga, Moldovan composer (
Maria, Mirabela), dies at age 88. • Jason Constantine, American film executive (
Lionsgate Films), dies at age 55. •
June 8:
Ewa Dałkowska, Polish actress (Polish dub voice of Pearl Gesner in
Home on the Range), dies at age 78. •
June 11: •
Brian Wilson, American musician (voiced himself in the
Duck Dodgers episode "Surf the Stars"), dies at 82. •
Ayumu Saito, Japanese actor (voice of Wabisuke Jin'ouchi in
Summer Wars), dies at age 60. •
June 12:
Clifton Jones, Jamaican-British actor (voice of Blackavar in
Watership Down), dies at age 87. •
June 17:
Gailard Sartain, American actor (voice of Case Manager in the
King of the Hill pilot, Big Daddy in
The Simpsons episode "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase", Big O in
The Angry Beavers episode "Sqotters") and screenwriter (
The Angry Beavers), dies at age 81. •
June 21:
Valentina Talyzina, Soviet and Russian actress (voice of Uncle Fyodor's mother in
Three from Prostokvashino and its sequels), dies at age 90. •
June 29:
Bob Elmore, American stuntman (provided stunts for
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle), dies at age 65. •
June 30:
Saverio Indrio, Italian voice actor (Italian dub voice of Damien Drake in
Looney Tunes: Back in Action, James P. Sullivan in
the Monsters, Inc. franchise,
King Neptune in
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Jackson in
Bee Movie, Senator in
Space Chimps, Noctus in ''
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Race Bannon in Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest, Picadilly in Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!, Chuck Berost in The Looney Tunes Show, Steve Barkin in Kim Possible, Hak Foo in Jackie Chan Adventures, Baileywick in Sofia the First, Admiral Zhao in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Mysterio in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Charles in Eureka Seven, Dark Kat in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Pug in 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Rat King in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ra in Samurai Jack, Zombozo in Ben 10, Nick Fury in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Dicko in Love, Death & Robots, Takeshi Oii in Death Note, Man-At-Arms in Masters of the Universe, King Randor in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe''), dies at age 62.
July •
July 2:
Julian McMahon, Australian-American actor (voice of
Doctor Doom in the
Robot Chicken episode "Monstourage"), dies at age 56. •
July 3:
Michael Madsen, American actor (voice of
Kilowog in
Green Lantern: First Flight, Duke in
Arctic Dogs,
Kevin Costner in the ''
Bob's Burgers'' episode "
Moody Foodie"), dies at age 67. •
July 4: Bill Flynn, American voice actor (voice of Hiroshi Agasa in
Funimation dub of
Case Closed, Genzo in
One Piece, Roy in
Attack on Titan), dies at age 86. •
July 8:
James Carter Cathcart, American voice actor (voice of Professor Oak, James, Meowth and Gary Oak in the
Pokémon franchise, Meano in
The Ping Pong Club, Prince Philionel el de Seyruun in
Slayers, Dr. Change in
Private Psycho Lesson, Miki Kaoru in
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie, Black Cat in
Space Travelers: The Animation, Kumi's Borg in
Alien Nine, Weevil Underwood in
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Cyclonis Tarb in
Tokyo Mew Mew, Vector the Crocodile in
Sonic X), dies at age 71. •
July 10: •
Bun Hay Mean, French comedian and actor (French dub voice of Donald Moderate in
One Piece: Stampede), dies at age 43. •
Phil Mulloy, British animator (
Cowboys,
Intolerance), dies at age 76. •
July 14: •
Andrey Sokolov, Russian animator (
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series,
What a Cartoon!) and storyboard artist (
Mike, Lu & Og), dies at age 51. • Ron Wells, American voice actor (voice of Zidgel in
3-2-1 Penguins!), dies at age 63. •
July 18:
Harry Standjofski, Canadian actor (Security Guard in
Playmobil: The Movie, voice of
Brother Tuck in
Young Robin Hood, V.P. Larden in
Pig City, Uncle Fred in
Arthur, Bobby Singer in
Supernatural: The Animation, Darkar in
Winx Club, The Crow and the Green Fisherman in
Pinocchio, provided additional voices for
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures,
The Tofus), dies at age 66. •
July 20:
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor (voice of The Producer in
The Magic School Bus, Lieutenant Scruffy in
The Chicken Squad, Henry in the
Adventures from the Book of Virtues episode "Faith", Lester Biggs in the
Static Shock episode "Duped", Robber in the
Stripperella episode "The Bridesmaid", Braden's Dad in the
Special Agent Oso episode "The Living Holiday Lights"), dies at age 54. •
July 22: •
Tsunehiko Kamijō, Japanese actor (voice of Mamma Autoto Boss in
Porco Rosso, Gonza in
Princess Mononoke, Kasshu in ''
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas, Chichiyaku in Spirited Away, Japanese dub voice of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, Colonel Kit Coyote in Go Go Gophers''), dies at age 85. •
Chuck Mangione, American flugelhornist (voiced himself in
King of the Hill), dies at age 84. •
Ozzy Osbourne, English musician and television personality (voice of King Thrash in
Trolls World Tour, Fawn in
Gnomeo & Juliet and
Sherlock Gnomes, Duke of Drear in
The 7D episode "Bummer Vacation", Sid Fishy in the
Bubble Guppies episode "Super Guppies!", Earth Troll in the
Fish Hooks episode "Legend of the Earth Troll", himself in the
South Park episode "
Chef Aid"), dies at age 76. •
July 24:
Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler (portrayed himself in ''
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, voice of various characters in Robot Chicken, The Dean in China, IL, Terrafirminator V.O. in Gnomeo & Juliet, himself in Robot Chicken, the American Dad! episode "Stanny Tendergrass", and Camp WWE''), dies at age 71. •
July 29:
Alon Abutbul, Israeli actor (voice of Morando in
3Below: Tales of Arcadia), dies at age 60.
August •
August 2:
Kelley Mack, American actress (provided additional voices for
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), dies at age 33. •
August 3:
Loni Anderson, American actress (voice of Flo in
All Dogs Go to Heaven, Blondie Bumstead in
Blondie & Dagwood, and
Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout, herself in the
Duck Dodgers episode "A Lame Duck Mind"), dies at age 79. •
August 4:
Dominique Collignon-Maurin, French actor (voice of Spartakus in
Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea, Transformer in
Gandahar, French dub voice of Hades in
Hercules, Randall Boggs in
Monsters, Inc., Wart in
The Sword in the Stone, Gill in
Finding Nemo, Rat in
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Mandrake in
Epic), dies at age 76. •
August 9:
Ivan Krasko, Russian actor (voice of the King in
Little Longnose, Svyatogor in
Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey, Russian dub voice of the Narrator in
Hercules), dies at age 94. •
August 10:
David Ketchum, American actor (voice of the Announcer in
Roger Ramjet) and screenwriter (
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels,
The Funky Phantom,
The Roman Holidays,
Jeannie,
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home,
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour), dies at age 97. •
August 13: •
Nicolas Beaucaire, French actor (French dub voice of Saotome in
Colorful, Kesha in
Space Dogs: Adventure to the Moon, Syaoran in
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka in
Beck, Tim in
Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, Shito Tachibana in
Zombie-Loan, Jiro in
Blue Dragon, Ginji in
Victory Kickoff!!, Ordo in
Four Knights of the Apocalypse), dies at age 52. •
Tomo Sakurai, Japanese voice actress (voice of Cynthia in
Pokémon, Grisha no haha in
Attack on Titan, Anila Aurobindo Ghose in
Fafner in the Azure, Lilith's Mother in
Holy Knights, Sora Asuka in
The World God Only Knows, Misao Makimachi in
Rurouni Kenshin), dies at age 53. •
August 15:
Tristan Rogers, Australian actor (voice of Jake in
The Rescuers Down Under, Nohrin Officer in
Delgo, Hawkins in
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest episode "Ndovu's Last Journey", Simon Harper in the
Batman Beyond episode "Sentries of the Last Cosmos"), dies at age 79. •
August 17:
Terence Stamp, English actor (voice of Captain Severus in
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie, Professor Menace in the
Static Shock episode "Blast from the Past"), dies at age 87. •
August 18:
Jorge Maestro, Argentine screenwriter (
Jungle Tales), dies at age 73. •
August 20: •
Tatsuya Nagamine, Japanese director (
Dragon Ball Super: Broly,
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power,
Digimon: The Movie,
One Piece) and animator (
Dragon Ball Super: Broly,
One Piece,
Dragon Ball Z Kai), dies at age 53. •
Humpy Wheeler, American racing executive (voice of Tex in the
Cars franchise), dies at age 86. •
August 21:
Kurt-Hans Goedicke, German-born English timpanist (
An American Tail,
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West,
Once Upon a Forest, ''
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story''), dies at age 90. •
August 23:
Joel Sill, American music supervisor (
Animalympics,
Space Chimps,
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle), dies at age 78. •
August 25:
Frank Price, American studio executive (
Columbia Pictures,
Universal Pictures), dies at age 95. •
August 26:
Edward Faulkner, American actor (voice of Elf Ziggy in
Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse, Chef Best in
Elf Sparkle and the Special Red Dress) and director (
Elf Sparkle and the Special Red Dress), dies at age 93. •
August 27:
Takaya Hashi, Japanese voice actor (voice of Kakuzu in
the Naruto franchise, Toki in
Fist of the North Star, John Winchester in
Supernatural: The Animation, Hayakawa in
Doomed Megalopolis, Ketto's Father in ''
Kiki's Delivery Service, Alex Rey in Black Jack, Kumazawa in Twilight of the Dark Master, Lyon in Metropolis, Dr. Kestner in Appleseed Ex Machina, High Seeker in Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker, Obadiah Stane in Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, Izamura in Patema Inverted, Dr. Traum in Hug! PreCure, Niander Wallace Sr. in Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Donovan Desmond in Spy × Family''), dies at age 72. •
August 30:
Harrie Geelen, Dutch illustrator, film director and animator (Toonder Studios), dies at age 86. •
August 31:
Radna Sakhaltuev, Ukrainian animator (
Adventures of Captain Wrongel,
Treasure Island,
Cossacks), dies at age 90.
September •
September 1: •
Graham Greene, Canadian actor (voice of Lost Land Shaman in
Turok: Son of Stone, Brown Bear in the
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child episode "
Snow White"), dies at age 73. • Gerry Matthews, American actor (voice of
Sugar Bear in
Linus the Lionhearted), dies at age 94. •
September 2:
Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Japanese actress (voice of Toki in
Ponyo, Nanny in
Where Marnie Was There), dies at age 90. •
September 3:
Stephen Mendillo, American actor (voice of Boyer in
The Invincible Iron Man), dies at age 84. •
September 4:
Ted Mann, Canadian-American screenwriter (
The Real Ghostbusters), dies at age 72. •
September 5:
Mark Volman, American musician and composer (
Down and Dirty Duck,
Strawberry Shortcake,
Peter and the Magic Egg,
The Adventures of the American Rabbit), dies at age 78. •
September 7: •
Stuart Craig, English production designer (
The Cat Returns), dies at age 83. • Philippe Vidal, French animator, director and creator (
The Garfield Show,
Belfort & Lupin,
Garfield Originals,
Boule et Bill), dies at age 59. •
September 10: •
Norbert Lemire, Canadian painter and animator (
Princess Sissi), dies at age 76. •
Paula Shaw, American actress (voice of Bubbie in
The Guava Juice Show episode "Gauntlet of Grannies"), dies at age 84. •
September 11:
Emmanuel Karsen, French actor (French dub voice of Duke Weaselton in
Zootopia,
Human Torch in
Fantastic Four, Pete in
The Mask: Animated Series, Raven in
Gargoyles,
Ryuk in
Death Note, Kizaru in
One Piece, Ginyu in
Dragon Ball Z Kai), dies at age 62. •
September 15:
Ron Friedman, American screenwriter (
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero,
G.I. Joe: The Movie,
The Transformers,
The Transformers: The Movie,
The Romance of Betty Boop,
Bionic Six,
Fantastic Four,
Iron Man), producer (
Iron Man,
Fantastic Four) and actor (voice of
Blastaar in the
Fantastic Four episode "Behold the Negative Zone", Record Producer in the
Iron Man episode "Iron Man to the Second Power"), dies at age 93. •
September 16:
Robert Redford, American actor (voice of Ike the Horse in ''
Charlotte's Web''), dies at age 89. •
September 22: •
Enver Petrovci, Kosovar actor (Albanian dub voice of
Mufasa in
The Lion King franchise), dies at age 71. •
Lee Weaver, American actor (voice of Alpine in
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero,
G.I. Joe: The Movie), dies at age 95. •
September 23: Nancylee Myatt, American producer (''
Teacher's Pet) and screenwriter (Teacher's Pet
, Recess, Lloyd in Space''), dies at age 68. •
September 26:
Esa Saario, Finnish actor (Finnish dub voice of
Mufasa in
The Lion King franchise), dies at age 93. •
September 29:
Yury Chernavsky, Russian composer (
Wings, legs and tails,
Investigation Held by Kolobki), dies at age 78. •
September 30:
Renato Casaro, Italian film poster artist (
The Care Bears Movie) and title designer (
Asterix and the Big Fight), dies at age 89.
October •
October 1:
Jane Goodall, English zoologist (voiced herself in
The Wild Thornberrys episode "The Trouble with Darwin" and
The Simpsons episode "
Gorillas on the Mast"), dies at age 91. •
October 3: •
Kimberly Hébert Gregory, American actress (voice of Nicole Williams in
Craig of the Creek, Fuller in
No Activity), dies at age 52. • Nina Gulyayeva, Russian actress (voice of Tsarevna in
Beloved Beauty,
Buratino in
The Adventures of Buratino, Cipollino in
Cipollino, the Little Mermaid in
The Little Mermaid), dies at age 94. •
Patricia Routledge, English actress (voice of Cousin Ribby in
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends), dies at age 96. •
October 5:
Jerry Tokofsky, American studio executive (
Columbia Pictures), dies at age 91. •
October 7:
Ian Freebairn-Smith, American composer (''
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''), dies at age 93. •
October 10:
John Lodge, English musician (voiced himself in
The Simpsons episode "
Viva Ned Flanders"), dies at age 82. •
October 11: •
Albert Cohen, Israeli actor (Hebrew dub voice of King Harold in
the Shrek franchise,
Mr. Smee in
Peter Pan,
Merlin in
The Sword in the Stone, Anger in
Inside Out, Vitruvius in
The Lego Movie, Professor Derek Knight in
Monsters University, Bulldog in
Planes, Slinky Dog in
Toy Story 4), dies at age 93. •
Diane Keaton, American actress (voice of Jenny in
Finding Dory, Michellee in
Green Eggs and Ham), dies at age 79. •
October 13:
Drew Struzan, American film poster artist (
The Fox and the Hound,
The Secret of NIMH,
An American Tail,
The Land Before Time,
All Dogs Go to Heaven,
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp,
Aladdin, ''
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, Anastasia, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Animal Crackers''), dies at age 78. •
October 15: •
Jackie Berger, Belgian actress (French dub voice of
Gizmo in
Teen Titans and
Teen Titans Go!,
Edmund Pevensie in
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Martin in
The Secret of NIMH,
Jerry in
Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Louis in ''
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Richie Rich in Richie Rich, Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family, Paco in Jackie Chan Adventures, Jimmy Jones and Natalie Tennyson in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Eve and Mary Hughes in Fairy Tail''), dies at age 77. •
Samantha Eggar, English-American actress (voice of
Hera in
the Hercules franchise, Whale in
Metalocalypse,
Guinevere in
The Legend of Prince Valiant, Ms. O'Mally in
P.J. Sparkles,
Queen Isabella in
The Magic Voyage), dies at age 86. •
October 16: •
Klaus Doldinger, German composer (
Peter in Magicland), dies at age 89. •
Ace Frehley, American guitarist and songwriter (voice of Dr. Naniltred Faniltendriten in the
Metalocalypse episode "DeathHealth" and Member With Shirt With Number 7 in the episode "Deathsiduals", himself in the
Family Guy episode "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas", and the
KaBlam! episode "KaBlam! James KaBlam!"), dies at age 74. •
October 20:
Asrani, Indian actor (Hindi dub voice of Zazu in
The Lion King), dies at age 84. •
October 23:
June Lockhart, American actress (voice of Martha Day in
These Are the Days, Mother in
Peter-No-Tail, Aladdin's Mother in
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Aunt Millie in the
Pound Puppies episode "How to Found a Pound", Vesta in
Wildfire, Mrs. Nelson in the
Duckman episode "America the Beautiful", Mrs. Brainchild in
The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Blazing Entrails", Timmy's Mother in the
Johnny Bravo episode "Johnny, Real Good", herself in
The Critic episode "All the Duke's Men"), dies at age 100. •
October 24:
Paul Hüttel, Danish actor (voice of Agra in
Strings, Danish dub voice of Grimsby in
The Little Mermaid, Mr. Ping in the
Kung Fu Panda franchise), dies at age 90. •
October 27:
Prunella Scales, English actress (voice of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle in
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, Queen in
Freddie as F.R.O.7), dies at age 93. •
October 28:
Ilona Kassai, Hungarian actress (Hungarian dub voice of
Katara in
Avatar: The Last Airbender, Kaede in
Inuyasha, Gru's Mother in
Despicable Me 3), dies at age 97.
November •
November 2: •
Betty Harford, American actress (voice of Gumba in
The Gumby Show), dies at age 98. •
Jim Self, American tubist and composer (
Finding Nemo,
Finding Dory,
Cars,
Cars 3,
Planes,
Beauty and the Beast,
Aladdin,
The Princess and the Frog,
Batman: The Animated Series,
Superman: The Animated Series,
Mulan,
The Little Mermaid), dies at age 82. •
November 3:
Jacqueline Cohen, French voice actress (French dub voice of Rita in
Monsters vs. Aliens), dies at age 91. •
November 4:
Elina Salo, Finnish actress (Finnish dub voice of
Little My in
Moomin), dies at age 89. •
November 8:
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor (voice of the Devil in
Belladonna of Sadness, Narrator in
Final Yamato, Sumiyaki no Roujini in
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, old Junpei Senō in ''
Giovanni's Island''), dies at age 92. •
November 9:
John Laws, Australian radio and television presenter (voice of Rumpus Bumpus in
The Magic Pudding), dies at age 90. •
November 11: •
Cleto Escobedo III, American musician (
Alpha and Omega), dies at age 59. •
Sally Kirkland, American actress (voice of Older Woman in
Nerdland), dies at age 84. •
November 14: •
Dan McGrath, American screenwriter (
The Simpsons,
King of the Hill,
Gravity Falls,
The PJs,
Mission Hill), producer (
The Simpsons,
King of the Hill,
Mission Hill) and actor (voice of Jamaican Radio Rapper in the
King of the Hill episode "Full Metal Dust Jacket"), dies at age 61. •
Todd Snider, American singer (voice of Lobster Freak in the
Squidbillies episode "Clowny Freaks"), dies at age 59. •
November 18:
Julio Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish producer (
El Cid: The Legend,
Pinocchio 3000,
El Ratón Pérez,
Nocturna,
Donkey Xote), dies at age 78. •
November 20: Paul van Gorcum, German-born Dutch actor (Dutch dub voice of Jasper in
the 101 Dalmatians franchise, Zazu in
The Lion King franchise,
Rabbit in
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh,
Gargamel in
The Smurfs,
Shere Khan in
TaleSpin), dies at age 91. •
November 23: Udo Kier, German actor (voice of Professor Pericles in
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated,
Mister Toad in
Beware the Batman, Music Master in the
Justice League episode "Legends", Herbert ”Bert” Zeigler in
The Batman episode "Q&A"), dies at age 81. •
November 24: •
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican composer (
Squidbillies) and actor (himself in the
Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Speck"), dies at age 81. •
Jorga Kotrbová, Czech actress (Czech dub voice of the Princess in
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer,
Andrea Beaumont in
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Queen Ant in
Antz), dies at age 78. •
November 29: •
Tomomichi Nishimura, Japanese voice actor (voice of Steeljaw and Cyclonus in
Transformers: The Headmasters, Clock Tower Keeper in ''
Kiki's Delivery Service, Gail in Supernatural: The Animation, Kuru in Dragon Ball Super, Anzai in Slam Dunk, Narrator in YuYu Hakusho, Japanese dub voice of Topolino in Cars 2''), dies at age 79. • Tony Benedict, American screenwriter (
The Flintstones,
The Jetsons,
Yogi Bear,
Huckleberry Hound,
The Pink Panther,
Looney Tunes,
Heathcliff,
Saturday Supercade,
Mr. Magoo,
Popeye), dies at age 88.
December •
December 2:
David Matalon, American studio executive (
TriStar Pictures,
Regency Enterprises), dies at age 82. •
December 4: •
Eduardo Manzano, Mexican actor (voice of Don Calcaneo in
Marcianos vs. Mexicanos, Khan in
Nikté, Latin American voice of Trollstice Bergen in
Trolls), dies at age 87. •
Arunee Nanthiwat, Thai voice actress (Thai dub voice of Chichi,
Android 18 and Dende in
Dragon Ball Z,
Sailor Mars and
Sailor Jupiter in
Sailor Moon,
Ranma Saotome in
Ranma ½, Syaoran Li in
Cardcaptor Sakura, Mai Kujaku in
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters), dies at age 69. •
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor (voice of Brushogun in
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, Hashi in
Kubo and the Two Strings, Sumo Kuma in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Alrich Wren in
Star Wars: Rebels, Master Eiji in
Blue Samurai, Akita in the
DuckTales episode "Astro B.O.Y.D.!"), dies at age 75. •
December 5:
Frank Gehry, Canadian–American architect and designer (voiced himself in
The Simpsons episode "
The Seven-Beer Snitch" and the
Arthur episode "Castles in the Sky"), dies at age 96. •
December 8:
Gordon Goodwin, American composer (
Freakazoid!,
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa,
Road Rovers,
The Legend of Tarzan,
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries,
Animaniacs,
Pinky and the Brain,
Toonsylvania,
Histeria!,
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas,
Tom and Jerry Tales), dies at age 70. •
December 9:
Béatrice Picard, Canadian actress (French dub voice of
Marge Simpson in
The Simpsons, Baylene in
Dinosaur, Coco in
Coco), dies at age 96. •
December 10: •
Jim Ward, American voice actor (
Count Dracula in
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Bats in the Basement/Mario and the Beanstalk", voice of Doug Dimmadone and Chet Ubetcha in
The Fairly OddParents, Captain Quark in
Ratchet & Clank,
Commissioner Gordon in
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders,
Hugo Strange in
Batman vs. Two-Face, Hun Soldier in
Mulan, Diamondhead, XRL8 and Wildvine in
Ben 10, Herr Kleiser in
Ultimate Avengers,
Professor X in
Wolverine and the X-Men and
The Super Hero Squad Show episode "Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant High!",
Baron Strucker and
Henry Peter Gyrich in ''
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Paul Revere in the Time Squad episode "Horse of Horrors", Mordru in the Legion of Super Heroes episode "Trials", Albert Einstein in The Mummy episode "The Black Forest", River Spirit in Spirited Away, provided additional voices for Shrek 2''), dies at age 66. •
Jeffrey Garcia, American actor and stand-up comedian (voice of Sheen Estevez in
the Jimmy Neutron franchise, Pip in
the Barnyard franchise, Rinaldo in
Happy Feet and
Happy Feet Two, Tipa and Bat in
Rio, Spoonbill and Perl in
Rio 2, Jerry Rivera in the
ChalkZone episode "Indecent Exposure",
Jesus Christo in the
Clone High episode "A.D.D.: The Last 'D' is for Disorder", Ricardo Amino in the
Ozzy & Drix episode "Tricky Ricardo", Tookie Tomas in
The Proud Family episode "Who You Callin' a Sissy?"), dies at age 50. •
December 11:
Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor (voice of Gofer and Slap in
The Thief and the Cobbler, Maisie Mac in
Meeow!), dies at age 99. •
December 14: •
Ryō Ishihara, Japanese voice actor (voice of Cyborg 002 in
Cyborg 009), dies at age 94. •
Anthony Geary, American actor (voice of John and Juan in ''
Teacher's Pet''), dies at age 78. •
Rob Reiner, American director, and actor (voice of Screwie in ''
Everyone's Hero, himself in The Simpsons'' episode "
Million Dollar Abie"), dies at age 78. •
December 15: Wayne Moss, Canadian director (
Shining Time Station,
Noddy), dies at age 71. •
December 16: •
Gil Gerard, American actor (voice of Megatronus/The Fallen in
Transformers: Robots in Disguise), dies at age 82. •
Jefferson Utanes, Filipino voice actor (voice of
Goku in
Dragon Ball Z, James in
Pokémon,
Mr. Krabs in
Spongebob Squarepants, Doraemon in
Doraemon,
Shrek in
Shrek,
Ben Tennyson in
Ben 10, Genie in
Aladdin,
Mickey Mouse,
Knuckles the Echidna in
Sonic Prime), dies at age 46. •
December 17: •
Juli Erickson, American actress (voice of Pinako Rockbell in
Fullmetal Alchemist, Setsu in
Samurai 7, Ogen Iga in
Basilisk, Stargazer in
Darker than Black, Ohba in
Fairy Tail), dies at age 86. •
Eddie Sotto, American artist and animator (
One Saturday Morning), dies at age 67. •
December 19: Claude Berda, French studio executive (
AB Groupe), dies at age 78. •
December 21:
Loren Carpenter, American computer graphics researcher and developer (
Pixar), dies at age 78. •
December 30:
Isiah Whitlock Jr., American actor (voice of River Scott in
Cars 3, Commander Burnside in
Lightyear, Bird King in
Hoppers, C.E.O. in the
BoJack Horseman episode "Head in the Clouds", Mayor Naise in the
Apple & Onion episode "Election Day"), dies at age 71. ==Notes==