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June 8, 2011
Entertainment & Arts
Th-th-that’s not just Mel Blanc’s voice coming from the lips (and beaks) of Porky Pig, Tweetie, Bugs Bunny and Sylvester: Blanc, 78, after performing their voices for 50 years, is gradually turning the cartoon menagerie over to his son Noel.
Dec. 14, 1986
Mel Blanc sings for Tweety and Sylvester
Nov. 17, 2011
Obituaries
Mel Blanc, the voice of Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Barney Rubble, Daffy Duck and countless other animated vertebrates, died Monday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
July 11, 1989
World & Nation
Mel Blanc, the voice behind Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, the Road Runner’s “Beep!”
July 4, 1989
Warner Bros. will pay tribute to Mel Blanc, the “man of a thousand voices,” at an invitation-only program Tuesday afternoon.
Aug. 7, 1989
Warner Bros. will honor Mel Blanc at a luncheon celebrating the voice actor’s 80th birthday today.
June 1, 1988
After 48 years of putting words in the mouth of Bugs Bunny, cartoon voice wizard Mel Blanc got something back from the wiseacre rabbit at his 80th birthday party Wednesday: A dazzling turquoise, black and white Edsel.
June 2, 1988
California
Cartoon voice Noel Blanc filed claims Wednesday against the city of Santa Paula, Ventura County and the state, alleging that the design of the Santa Paula Airport was partly to blame for a midair crash that injured him and killed two men.
Aug. 8, 1991
Actor Kirk Douglas and Noel Blanc, son of Mel Blanc, the legendary master of cartoon voices, were injured Wednesday and two men were killed when a helicopter and small plane collided above the Santa Paula Airport in northern Ventura County.
Feb. 14, 1991