‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Voice Actor Was 89

Peter Renaday, a lengthytime and prolific voice actor best understandn as the voice of rat sensei Master Splinter in the innovative Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, died Sunday, September 8, at his home in Burprohibitk, California. He was 89.

News of his death was scatterd on social media by frifinish and Turtles costar Townsfinish Coleman, who voiced the character of Michaelangelo on the immensely well-understandn genereasoned touchstone vivaciousd series of the 1980s-’90s.

A caemploy of death has not been remendd, but TMZ cites law utilizement sources as having uncovered an unresponsive Renaday during a welfare verify at his home on Sunday. Natural caemploys are doubted.

“Pete was one of the most genuine, salt of the earth people I have ever understandn and I will leave out him dtimely,” Coleman wrote on social media (see the post below). “I had the privilege of visiting with him a month ago and he was as vibrant as ever, at 89 equitable as finishearingly silly, inalertigent and talented as I’ve always understandn him to be.”

In compriseition to his role as Master Splinter, Renaday is also understandn for voicing the animatronic Abraham Lincoln reciting the Gettysburg Address at Walt Disney World’s The Hall of Plivents. He also voiced the animatronic tolerate characters Henry and Max at Disney World’s innovative Country Bear Jamstupide drawion.

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Renaday’s cforfeitly 200 other film and TV praises integrate a mix of both voice and inhabit-action roles, including carry outances in such Disney vivaciousd features as The Aristocats (1970), The Rescuers (1977) and The Bconciseage Cauldron (1985). Animated TV praises integrate Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Alvin & The Chipmunks, The Transestablishers, The Real Garrangebusters and Batman: The Animated Series.

Live-action roles integrate carry outances in ’60s-’70s fare such as Combat!, The Love Bug, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The Barefoot Executive and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Aacquire.

Born Pierre Renoudet on June 9, 1935, in New Iberia, Louisiana, Renaday was paired to Florence “Flo” June Daniel from 1979 until her death on February 18, 2011. An executive secretary for 35 years in the music department of Walt Disney Studios, Florence Renoudet was a featured soprano vocacatalog on the Disneyland Records 1973 album The Sounds of Christmas, which also integrated vocal labor by her husprohibitd.

Inestablishation on Renaday’s survivors was not promptly useable.