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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alan-young-dead-mister-ed-816846

Alan Young, who answered to the name “Willburrrrrrrrrrrrr” on Mister Ed, the wacky 1960s sitcom that revolved around a talking horse, has died. He was 96.

Young, who for six seasons played straight man to a golden palomino, a gelding who was named Bamboo Harvester, died Thursday of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Home in Woodland Hills. He was there for more than four years.

Young himself was the voice of a talking bird, playing Scottish miser Scrooge McDuck (the uncle of Donald Duck and great uncle of Huey, Dewey, and Louie) on the 1987-90 syndicated series DuckTales.

And a decade before Mister Ed, the good-natured actor hosted CBS’ The Alan Young Show, which won an Emmy Award for best variety series and earned Young a trophy for best actor as well.

On the big screen, Young played David Filby (and his son James) in MGM’s sci-fi classic The Time Machine (1960), starring Rod Taylor.

 

[Indelible]

RIP to one of the voices of my childhood.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Nooo!

RIP

 

[ArgyleReptile]

RIP Unkee Scrooge.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Rip

 

[Yaska]

Rest in Peace, Unca Scrooge. Thanks for all the adventures.

 

[BatDan]

RIP Scrooge McDuck. You lived a long life

 

[uncelestial]

As a small child I won Trivial Pursuit against the grown-ups by knowing his name. Used to live Mr. Ed on Nick at Nite. RIP.

 

[Rlan]

He continued to play Scrooge up until recently too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeRYuMEM_4k

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

I dreaded this day for a while now but I knew it was coming.

Rest in Peace, Unca Scrooge.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Goodnight Uncle Scrooge

 

[Tom Nook]

Will play Ducktales on Wii U....

RIP

 

[RPGCrazied]

Shame, RIP. Loved the show soooo much as a kid.

Need to replay DuckTales in his honor.

 

[Violence Jack]

Time to spend a night watching Ducktales and Mister Ed episodes.

RIP. One of the great voices of our generation.

 

[Mrs. Manky]

Rest In Peace. Thanks for the Duck Tales.

 

[Ridley327]

RIP

One of the all-time great VAs.

 

[teiresias]

I need to finally play through the Ducktales Remake to hear his last (I'm guessing) performance as Scrooge. RIP.

 

[Nudull]

Nooo, fuck

RIP, Uncle Scrooge.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Scrooge was an iconic voice. He'll be missed.

 

[Sanjuro]

I feel bad for wanting to skip all the Ducktales voice acting now.

 

[SoulUnison]

I'd been waiting for this - not in a mean or morbid way - but he was getting really old.

I remember when Kingdom Hearts II came out, and then Birth by Sleep years later, and everybody was wondering if he was still in good enough health to be voicing Scrooge.

BbS was 6 years ago.

 

[Secret Fawful]

RIP, Uncle Scrooge.

 

[Lucini]

A sad day indeed.

Gonna be watching the Ducktales movie now.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

NOOO! I was thinking about the possibilities of a DuckTales reboot. :__:

RIP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHJ3DEKlz8A

 

[BatDan]

I hope the first episode of the upcoming DuckTales remake/boot/whatever pays tribute to him.

I'd been waiting for this - not in a mean or morbid way - but he was getting really old.

I remember when Kingdom Hearts II came out, and then Birth by Sleep years later, and everybody was wondering if he was still in good enough health to be voicing Scrooge.

BbS was 6 years ago.

He still played him in DuckTales Remastered, and that came out three years ago.

NOOO! I was thinking about the possibilities of a DuckTales reboot. :__:

RIP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales#Television_reboot

 

[Ultimadrago]

RIP

Watched so much Duck Tales as a kid.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

RIP

 

[RPGCrazied]

NOOO! I was thinking about the possibilities of a DuckTales reboot. :__:

RIP.

Aren't they doing one? I think Disney is, but now without Alan, which won't be the same without him lending the voice of scrooge.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales#Television_reboot

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! How did I never hear about that until now?

Excuse me while I weep in my bed. T-T

Aren't they doing one? I think Disney is, but now without Alan, which won't be the same without him lending the voice of scrooge.

I can't imagine who could fill those shoes. It might not happen now.

 

[Crocodile]

What a media legend. RIP dude, you lived a long life ;_;

 

[GekigangerV]

I was surprised to hear that he did the Scrooge McDuck voice in the Ducktales Remastered game. It is almost a crime that The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck wasnt animated with him in the 90s or early 2000s.

 

[RPGCrazied]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales#Television_reboot

Eeek, I didn't know the whole voice cast will be new. Don't know how I feel about that.

 

[btrboyev]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! How did I never hear about that until now?

Excuse me while I weep in my bed. T-T



I can't imagine who could fill those shoes. It might not happen now.

It's already well into production

 

[The Real Abed]

Funny. As a kid o was familiar with both shows. Ducktales after school and Mr. Ed on Nick at Nite later on. I never knew he was on both.

RIP Uncle Scrooge.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

RIP, I looked him up a couple months ago and honestly I was a bit surprised he was still alive, 96 is a lot of years.

 

[Jacksinthe]

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

My childhood

Damnit 2016!

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

It's amazing to think that DuckTales is almost 30 years now. Alan Young was already 66 when he recorded most of that dialogue and we only just lost him.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

RIP, I looked him up a couple months ago and honestly I was a bit surprised he was still alive, 96 is a lot of years.

Just to put in perspective how long Alan Young was in business? The Alan Young Show, mentioned in the OP, was a radio program that debuted in 1944. Prior to that, the show had a different host: Eddie Cantor...

Eddie Cantor is a character on Boardwalk Empire.

 

[Ondore]

^ Jesus

Gonna dig up some Ducktales tonight, I think.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Work smarter not harder lads!

RIP

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

This is sad to hear. He was in a lot of great roles in his lifetime that will not be forgotten.

 

[Ristifer]

Bah. It is so sad to hear this

R.I.P.

 

[TheGreatDirector]

He has been a great talent for many years. May he rest in peace.

 

[JinjoUnchained]

So glad they made the new Duck Tales game while he was alive. RIP.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

RIP

 

[Choppasmith]

Aside from his legendary voice used for Scrooge, I actually liked him as 7 Zark 7 in Battle of the Planets (Gatchaman) as well as the toy maker in Great Mouse Detective.

RIP

 

[JSoup]

I met him once and got his autograph, at a convention he was passing through, about a year before DuckTales Remastered was announced. Good guy.

 

[ryan13ts]

Not Uncle Scrooge..

RIP

 

[fallengorn]

RIP. It was such an awesome surprise when I heard his voice in Curse of Monkey Island.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Alan Young was an important voice of my childhood, not only as Scrooge in Ducktales, but also as Jack Allen on the radio show Adventures in Odyssey. I will keep him and his loved ones in my prayers.