Voice Actor Don Messick Dies. Voice actor Donald Messick died last week, of natural causes, at the age of 71. In his 50 year career in the industry, Messick voiced characters for more than 100 cartoon series, as well as television and radio commercials. Some of his most famous voices include Scooby Doo, Bamm Bamm The Flintstones, Papa Smurf The Smurfs and Muttley the snickering hound from Dastardly and Muttley. In 1988, Messick was honored by the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Union MPSC for his contributions to the animation industry. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimers Association, 2700 Garden Road, Monterey, CA, 98940 U.S.A.

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