{
  "id": 20027361,
  "title": "Skip Hinnant, ‘The Electric Company’ Actor and Voice of Ralph Bakshi’s ‘Fritz the Cat’ Movies, Dies at 86",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/skip-hinnant-the-electric-company-actor-and-voice-of-ralph-bakshis",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-14T18:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/skip-hinnant-dead-electric-company-fritz-the-cat-bakshi-1236947741/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Actor Skip Hinnant, best known for his work on the PBS children’s series “The Electric Company’ and as the voice of Fritz the Cat in Ralph Bakshi’s racy animated films from the 1970s, has died. He was 86. Hinnant’s death was confirmed by his family in an obituary notice published by the New York Times. […]",
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        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Skip Hinnant Dies: ‘Electric Company’, ‘You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown’ Actor, Voice Of Fritz The Cat Was 86",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/skip-hinnant-dies-electric-company-youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown",
        "published": "2026-11-14T18:35:15.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}