Fred Travalena, Shirt Tales' Bogey Orangutan, passes away at 66

[SF4Ever]

Here's the link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/...obit_travalena

The oak tree in the downtown park will be lonelier without the man who voiced Bogey. Of course, Fred Travalena was more than just a voice-over artist, he was also an impressionist, an actor and a TV host, and as Bogey, himself, would put it, "He'll be missed, sweetheart!" He would be correct about that. Rest in Peace, Fred.

[ikey2]

RIP in little Bogey.... Your voice will be missed

[Deadman]

may he r.i.p.

boy, a lot of notable people are dying lately.

[Blackstar]

I'm showing my age here, but I remember an unsold pilot for a CBS prime time comedy/variety show that Fred Travelena did back in the 1970s. It was called The Funny World of Fred & Bunny, and it was produced by Hanna-Barbera studios (who did all of the animation for the pilot). It starred Fred Travelena (naturally doing several celebrity impersonations) and his co-host, a animated young woman with "cartoon magic" named Bunny. This was prior to Shirt Tales, which debuted in 1982, btw.

[AarHan3]

Both Bogey and Digger (the late Bob Ogle), residing in that great oak tree in the downtown park of The Great Beyond.

To absent friends...