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Aug 18, 2006 06:56 PM |
RIP Tony Jay
http://www.paulkorda.com/news/2006/0...jay-loses.html
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Veteran Royal Shakespeare Actor and Voice artist Tony Jay having been in critical condition following micro surgery at Cedar Sinai Hospital, in April, loses long fight to recover.
In April 2006, Tony Jay was admitted to Cedar Sinai Hospital for micro surgery to remove a non cancerous tumour from his lungs. In recovery his vital signs became critical and since April through strength and determination he began to recover both his breathing and mobility. Although it was a possibility that he might have been able to return home, in the next few months, on Sunday Tony Jay was unable to realise that dream. He is survived by his wife Marta and his son Adam, who follows in his fathers footsteps in the field of Acting.
Tony Jay leaves a vast legacy of work in television, voice and film, with appearances with Arnold Schwartzenegger, Danny Devito, Woody Allen, Karl Malden, Kim Bassinger, Dan Ackroyd to name a few. His television performances include Beauty and the Beast(as the arch-villain Paracelcus), Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Hunter, Bob Newhart, Night Court, Star Trek, Lois and Clark, Sisters and recently Burning Zone. His work in voice acting includes Mighty Max, Bruno the Kid, Tale Spin, Savage Dragon, Reboot and many more. His role as Judge Frollo in Disneys "Hunchback of Notre Dame", a role that has been been critically acclaimed as "probably the best Disney villain to date".
His recent self produced CD "Poets on Broadway" revealed his passion for the Broadway musical with his voice guiding the lyrics of some of the greatest Broadway songs, accompanied by his own arrangements, played by himself.
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RIP Mr. Jay one of the all great suavely villainous voices. He did the voices of Frollo in Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Shere Kahn in Jungle Book 2 and Talespin, Megabyte in Reboot, Magneto in X-men Legends, the Elder God in The Legacy Of Kain games and much more.
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