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Eric Bauza, who was the guy currently voicing some of the Looney Tunes characters has passed away suddenly at the age of 46. That's the same age as me. I know most of us are probably more familiar with Mel Blanc doing the voices, but this is such a shame. 

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I posted at the time I saw the film that he couldn't do Foghorn Leghorn very well, which is true, but I should have also said that he was pretty fantastic at all the others. A real loss. 

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Richard Riehle passed away a few days back; maybe not the most recognisable of names but he was in loads of movies and was a familiar face. Likely best known for the knobhead prison guard in The Fugitive and his brilliant turn as the inventor of Jump to Conclusions in Office Space.

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Walter Koenig, probably best known as Chekov from the original Star Trek, has died at 90.  Even in my old age I still can't get through the helmet creepy crawly scene in The Wrath of Khan without flinching.

That only leaves Shatner and Takei from the original main cast still alive now.

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When I first started listening to podcasts, one of my favourites was Never Not Funny hosted by comedian Jimmy Pardo. He's married to Danielle Koenig, daughter of Walter. He would occasionally mention stories about Walter, the Star Trek cast (except Shanter, a twat, of course) coming to family events in a big group, including Nichelle Nicholls insisting on giving a speech at his wedding even though she didn't know Jimmy really at all. He always sounded like a super nice guy. Decent enough actor, and for a guy who was hired on the basis he looked like Davey Jones, he did pretty well. 

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He was great in Star Trek IV looking for the Nuclear Wessels. 90 is a decent knock. 

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1 hour ago, ReturnOfTheMack said:

I loved his turn as Bester, one of my favourite parts of one of my favourite sci fi shows. Really got to me this one.

Star Trek is my home franchise, but I always felt Koenig's best performance was as Bester. A superb willain.

RIP Walter. A marwellous career.

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