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Again, we just lost another legend today 😔 JoBe Cerny, the actor, director and longtime voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, has died at 78. Cerny helped give one of advertising’s most recognizable characters his unmistakable personality, carrying on the famous giggle that made the Doughboy a familiar presence in American homes. But his career stretched far beyond commercials. For more than five decades, he worked across movies, television, voice acting, theater and production, quietly appearing in projects alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Cerny also ran his own Chicago recording studio for more than 30 years, working on thousands of commercials, audiobooks, films and other productions. He passed away on October 30 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease, which had forced him to step away from voicing the Doughboy as his health declined. JoBe Cerny spent his life becoming different people for a living, yet one little laugh made him part of pop culture forever. Rest in peace, JoBe Cerny 🕊️

We just lost another legend today 😔🕊️ Donnie Dunagan, the original voice of young Bambi in Disney’s 1942 animated classic, has passed away at 92. Before most children even started school, Dunagan was already working in Hollywood. He appeared opposite Boris Karloff in Son of Frankenstein before lending his voice and expressions to the young deer who would become one of Disney’s most enduring characters. Some of his most memorable screen work: • Young Bambi — Bambi • Peter von Frankenstein — Son of Frankenstein • Peter Carey — Mother Carey’s Chickens • Terry Kennedy Jr. — The Forgotten Woman • Baby Prince Richard — Tower of London • Tommy — Vigil in the Night • Meet the Chump Then his life took an extraordinary turn. Dunagan left Hollywood behind, joined the U.S. Marine Corps, rose to the rank of major and served three tours in Vietnam. He received a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts and famously kept his childhood connection to Bambi quiet for years because he feared fellow Marines would never let him live it down. From one of cinema’s gentlest characters to a decorated military career, Donnie Dunagan lived a life almost impossible to invent. The little voice generations knew as Bambi belonged to a man whose real story was even more remarkable than the movie. Rest in peace, Donnie Dunagan 🕊️

Patrick Stewart’s voice acting legacy deserves to be remembered too 🥺❤️ Sir Patrick Stewart has passed away at 86, and while generations will forever know him as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men, his unmistakable voice also became part of an incredible number of animated films, television shows, and video games. His most memorable voice and gaming roles included: • Avery Bullock — American Dad! • Jean-Luc Picard — Star Trek: Armada • Professor Charles Xavier / Professor X — X-Men Legends • Lord Yupa — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind — English Dub • Emperor Uriel Septim VII — The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion • King Goobot V — Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius • William Shakespeare — Gnomeo & Juliet • Sandy Claws — The Nightmare Before Christmas • The Great Prince of the Forest — Bambi II • Poop — The Emoji Movie • Pharaoh Seti I — The Prince of Egypt • Number One — The Simpsons • Zobek / Death — Castlevania: Lords of Shadow • Mr. Woolensworth — Chicken Little • Ariscratle — Ice Age: Continental Drift • Adventure — The Pagemaster and many more! For animation fans especially, Stewart’s commanding voice could be heard everywhere from Disney and DreamWorks to The Simpsons and American Dad!, while gamers heard that same unmistakable presence across Star Trek, X-Men, The Elder Scrolls and Castlevania. Few actors possessed a voice that could immediately make a character sound powerful, wise, intimidating, or hilariously absurd. Patrick Stewart brought all of those qualities to the microphone. Rest in peace, Sir Patrick Stewart. From the Enterprise and Xavier’s School to animation and gaming, his voice became part of countless worlds and generations of memories. 🕊️