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Kirby Morrow Obituary - Voice of Transformers Armada / Energon Rad and Cybertron Hot Shot
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Nov 20, 2020 at 8:57am CST
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Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family in their time of need.
Rest in peace, Kirby.
Special thanks to fellow Seibertron users, Sabrblade, FlamingNinja, Kaynowa and Nexus Knight.
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That sucks, hardcore. As someone that grew up with the UT series (particularly Armada) this is a real blow. 47 is so young, too. Rest in peace.
Comment by Evil Eye
Nov 20, 2020
That sucks, hardcore. As someone that grew up with the UT series (particularly Armada) this is a real blow. 47 is so young, too. Rest in peace.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Nov 20, 2020
Rad from Armada and Energon
Hot Shot from Cybertron
Trowa Barton from Gundam Wing
Van Fanel from Escaflowne (its first English dub)
The third voice of Goku from the Canadian English dub of Dragon Ball Z
Miroku from InuYasha
Cyclops/Scott Summers from X-Men: Evolution
Jason Jenkins from Kong: The Animated Series
The voice of Michelangelo on Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
And so much more.
2020 has now claimed not one but two Cartoon Cyclops voice actors.
Hot Shot from Cybertron
Trowa Barton from Gundam Wing
Van Fanel from Escaflowne (its first English dub)
The third voice of Goku from the Canadian English dub of Dragon Ball Z
Miroku from InuYasha
Cyclops/Scott Summers from X-Men: Evolution
Jason Jenkins from Kong: The Animated Series
The voice of Michelangelo on Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
And so much more.
2020 has now claimed not one but two Cartoon Cyclops voice actors.
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Comment by bluecatcinema
Nov 20, 2020
It's a real tragedy. He was great as Hot Shot in Cybertron.
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Comment by Master Farr 1
Nov 20, 2020
see you in the other dimension
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Comment by 84everfan
Nov 20, 2020
He was Cole in Ninjago, the longest running series on Cartoon Network, which is worth mentioning.
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Comment by Emerje
Nov 20, 2020
Read about this just before going to bed last night (technically this morning). Really sad news, he still had a long life ahead of him.
This one especially hurts because he was just cast in the sequel, Yashahime, earlier this month and reprised the role for the fist dubbed episode which streamed recently (it's unknown if Miroku will appear in later episodes since most of the episode was a flashback).
Emerje
Sabrblade wrote:Miroku from InuYasha
This one especially hurts because he was just cast in the sequel, Yashahime, earlier this month and reprised the role for the fist dubbed episode which streamed recently (it's unknown if Miroku will appear in later episodes since most of the episode was a flashback).
Emerje
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Comment by Nexus Knight
Nov 20, 2020
I hadn't realized that he was in SG:A, at least didn't make the connection between that show and the Unicorn Trilogy. Tis a shame, best wishes to his family for this unexpected and disheartening loss.
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Comment by Evil Eye
Nov 21, 2020
Damn, had no idea he was Van in Escaflowne. I never watched the dub, but that was a fantastic series and from what I've heard the dub aged surprisingly well.
Goddamn this year is getting worse and worse.
Goddamn this year is getting worse and worse.
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Comment by Blastback
Nov 21, 2020
Damn. He was a damn good voice actor. And only 47...
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Comment by King Kuuga
Nov 22, 2020
I've been rewatching Inuyasha this year in preparation for Yashahime. I didn't quite make it through before the sequel began. I'm getting to the portion of Inuyasha that I didn't see when I was younger, so hearing his excellent performance as Miroku is going to be so much more bittersweet as I press onwards. 2020 has taken a sad turn indeed.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Dec 7, 2020
An update on this news:
The original article did not give the cause of death, but which has since been confirmed to be "a long history of substance abuse."
The original article did not give the cause of death, but which has since been confirmed to be "a long history of substance abuse."
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I suspected it was something bad since undisclosed causes of death are rarely natural, although my mind went to suicide. That's very unfortunate.
Comment by King Kuuga
Dec 10, 2020
Sabrblade wrote:An update on this news:
The original article did not give the cause of death, but which has since been confirmed to be "a long history of substance abuse."
I suspected it was something bad since undisclosed causes of death are rarely natural, although my mind went to suicide. That's very unfortunate.
