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Skip Hinnant Dies: ‘Electric Company’, ‘You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown’ Actor, Voice Of Fritz The Cat Was 86

Skip Hinnant, an original cast member of PBS’ The Electric Company in the 1970s and the prolific voice actor behind Fritz the Cat, My Little Pony and 1977’s stop-motion Easter Bunny, died Sunday, November 8, in Denver. He was 86. His death was announced by his family, who noted he passed peacefully surrounded by loved […]

Skip Hinnant Dies: ‘Electric Company’, ‘You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown’ Actor, Voice Of Fritz The Cat Was 86

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Privacy Advocates Push Dems To Do Something About Warrantless Surveillance

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Alabama’s Quarterback Plan Takes New Turn Before Vanderbilt Game

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