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Kaa ("The Jungle Book")
Winnie the Pooh ("Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day")
The lanky, sandy-haired character actor's distinctive, high-pitched voice made him a favorite at Disney. He was the voice of Mr. Stork in "Dumbo," the adult Flower in "Bambi" and the narrator of several Disney animated films and shorts, such as the "Peter and the Wolf" sequence in "Make Mine Music." But he excelled in two vastly different roles for Disney -- that of the slithering, seductive snake Kaa, who lingered on the letter "s" when he spoke in 1967's "The Jungle Book," and as the sweet incarnation of A.A. Milne's beloved, tubby bear, Winnie the Pooh, in such shorts as "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and "Winne the Pooh and the Blustery Day." He died of cardiac arrest in 1992 at the age of 87. Hollowoy Street in Hollywood was named after him.