Voice actor Peter Renaday, best known for his role in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, has died aged 89.
He was the voice of Master Splinter in the original popular animated show broadcast in the 1980s and 1990s.
Friend and co-star Townsend Coleman, who voiced Michealangelo in the series, announced Renaday's death on social media, commenting: "I will miss him dearly."
It's reported Renaday died at his home in Burbank, California on Sunday of suspected natural causes.
Born in Louisiana in 1935, Renaday had a hugely successful career that spanned more than six decades, playing roles in nearly 200 films and TV shows.
He voiced characters in Disney animated films in the 1970s and 1980s including The Aristocrats, The Rescuers and the Black Cauldron.
His TV credits include Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Alvin & The Chipmunks, The Transformers, The Real Ghostbusters and Batman: The Animated Series.
He was also known for voicing the animatronic Abraham Lincoln at Walt Disney World's Hall of Presidents.
Renaday voiced Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 1987 to 1996.
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