Sad news: Wayne Allwine - The voice of Mickey Mouse has passed away

[teruterubouzu]

I read the sad news tonight that Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, has passed away. He's survived by his wife, Russi Taylor, who is the voice of Minnie Mouse.

Here's a sweet interview with them that I found on youtube.

RIP.

Updated to add that his death has now been confirmed by Disney(via @TheDisneyBlog)

 

[WaltD4Me]

Very sad, he was only 62. Rest in peace Wayne. You will be missed.


Thank you for posting that link of the interview with him and his wife, it's wonderful.

 

[BriarRosie]

Yes, just found out from Facebook.

Millions will miss him, and I feel sad for Russi.

 

[disneymom8589]

How sad. That will be a hard voice to replace. He was incredible!

 

[k5jm]

Disney confirmed on Wayne's Disney Legend page:

Wayne Allwine Disney Legend

 

[DLBDS]

 

[miss missy]

That is so sad. I was just last night talking about how he and Minnie voice were married.

RIP

 

[sanapunk]

Such horrible news.

Yestarday at work we were talking about Disney movies, and a woman I work with said she doesn't like Mickey Mouse!! Blasphemy!! I asked what she didn't like about him

and she said it was his voice.

 

[aGoofyMom]

He will be greatly missed!

 

[teruterubouzu]

Here's a nice tribute to him from the D23 site.

I read that his first work was on the New Mickey Mouse Club back in 1977. I remember watching that show as a 5-year-old and wanting to stay at the hotel that had the monorail running through it just like the Mouseketeers did. I just loved that show! Very happy memories for me. He and his voice will be missed.

 

[YodaMouse]

How very sad. That is young (in my book) I wonder what happened? Some people should be "allowed" to be with us for a much longer time. He definitely falls into that category.

 

[cdfl30]

I read that he died of complications from Diabetes. It's very sad

 

[scrappinDW]

How very sad. He is another one of those guys that you don't really know, but you will really miss.

 

[dharmster]

Here's a sweet interview with them that I found on youtube.

Thank you for posting this, it was so sweet I'm so sad thinking about Russi's loss...and all of our losses...I've never lived in the time of another Mickey voice, I don't know how it'll be! I like in the 2nd part of the series he talks about the transition between the last Mickey and him...makes me hopeful for the future, even without him

 

[Blumonkeyboy]

Can you imagine how hard it will be for Russi, doing minnie, while another man does Mickey?

I hope they can get someone who can perform the voice as well if not better. Wayne is the first time mickey sounded natural. You know?

 

[Jamie77]

Can you imagine how hard it will be for Russi, doing minnie, while another man does Mickey?

That made me think of what Minnie says 5 minutes before the Philharmagic theater doors open up. Something about how she loves the show almost as much as she loves the conductor. Russi Taylor could say that with real feeling.