R.I.P. June Foray

(June Foray, September 18th, 1917-July 27, 2017)

Today is truly a saddening day in the animation industry. Unfortunately, the last of the voice actors from animation's "Golden Age" has passed away. June Foray died in her California home less than two months before her one-hundredth birthday. For those unaware, Foray was known as the voice actress for characters such as Rocket J. Squirrel in Rocky and Bullwinkle (a role she would later reprise for the live action adaptation and in other works), Granny and various additional voices for Looney Tunes, and Magica de Spell in Ducktales. In her life as a voice actress, she was considered a female counterpart to voice actor Mel Blanc, as she was known to do many voices throughout her career. I think it would have been amazing to see her live to be one-hundred (a feat people have rarely achieved), but unfortunately a higher power wanted her voicing characters in the great beyond. She will be forever loved by family, friends, and fans such as myself, and she will be forever immortalized by her work! Thank you so much for everything, Miss Foray, and I hope you find peace in your eternal rest.