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Old 06-27-2005, 04:14 PM   #1
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Fare thee well, Dick Dastardly/Tigger/Piglet/Gargamel :(

Pooh Mourns Tigger, Piglet

by Josh Grossberg
Jun 28, 2005, 11:00 AM PT

'Twas a sad weekend in Hundred Acre Wood.

Paul Winchell, the early TV pioneer best remembered for creating a string of cartoon voices, most famously Winnie the Pooh's pal Tigger, died Friday. A day later, John Fiedler, the veteran stage and screen actor who voiced Piglet, passed away.

Somewhere Eeyore is even more glum than usual.

Winchell and Fiedler gave voice to the beloved characters in several animated Disney shorts and features, beginning with 1968's Oscar-winning, franchise-launching short, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, which also featured the vocal work of Sebastian Cabot as the narrator and Sterling Holloway as the honey-obsessed bear. (Cabot died in 1977; Holloway in 1992.)

Winchell provided the pipes for dozens of other 'toons, including Spider-Man in the 1980s TV version, the Hanna-Barbera heavy Dick Dastardly and Smurf nemesis Gargamel. He died in his sleep early Friday at his home in Moorpark, California, according to a Website operated by his daughter, actress April Winchell. He was 82.

Fiedler, meanwhile, died of undisclosed causes on Saturday in New York, per the New York Times. He was 80.
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Old 06-27-2005, 04:23 PM   #2
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Old 06-27-2005, 04:35 PM   #3
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Christopher Robin is wanted for questioning.
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Old 06-27-2005, 11:32 PM   #5
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Sad news about Paul Winchell, but I must confess, I laughed out loud when I saw this!
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Old 06-28-2005, 10:26 AM   #6
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My brother will be sad. Tigger is his idol. Even had a 'tigger in combat boots' on his grooms cake when he got married.

Any news on the guy who voiced eayore?
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