Joe Alaskey, passed away February 3rd, at the too young age of 63. He was best known for working alongside and becoming one of the successors to, the great Mel Blanc.Alaskey voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester and Marvin the Martian. Back in 2004, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on the animated program Duck Dodgers, providing the voice of the eponymous hero (and one of my own personal favorite off shoot characters developed from Looney Tunes).
Outside of his work in Looney Tunes, Alaskey provided incredible voice over work for shows such as Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, Samurai Jack, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and Avatar: The Last Airbender. So needless to say, he had a large impact for me because I loved all of those series and marveled at so much of his voice work.
Rest in peace good sir. - Mario, the Artisan Rogue
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