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Lorenzo Music, voice of Garfield, died on 8/7/01 due to complications from Lung Cancer.

For more about him, go here: http://www.canoe.ca/Television/aug7_garfield-ap.html

Jake

On 9 Aug 2001, Jake Lennington wrote:

That's a shame - remember him as the doorman on Rhoda? If I'm not mistaken, he was a television producer for MTM who happened to have that strange voice, and was convinced to cameo because of it - similar to the Ben Stein story.

ian

I'm utterly shocked. That came out of nowhere. And according to the writeup, Music _was_ the voice of Garfield in the Toyota commercials.. Hrm.

Read what's on the link.

-- An XPeeple Production -- "As a child, I always wanted to bite his head off. This is my way of doing that... creatively." -Andy Dick as Marylin Manson "Most critics want to be authors, screenwriters and novelists, [but] they just suck." -Joe Rogan

More info: http://www.evanier.com

Somebody claiming to be [email] (Jerry P.) wrote in :

Not only that, but this has a link to http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com

And no, I'm not making this up! :-)

CBG: Worst website ever :-)

On 9 Aug 2001 08:30:48 -0700, [email] (Jake Lennington) wrote:

Oh no! :(

Worth repeating the sad news:

Tuesday, August 7, 2001

'Garfield' voice Lorenzo Music dies

<quote> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lorenzo Music, who provided the distinctive voice of "Garfield" the cartoon cat and worked on television series including "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Rhoda," has died. He was 64.

Music died at his home Saturday of lung cancer that had spread throughout his body. He worked until about a month ago, when he recorded Garfield's voice for an automobile advertisement, said his wife, Henrietta.

"The most compelling thing about him was the sort of relentless, easy, everyday humor," she said Tuesday. "He had a dry, sharp wit and it was quick. He was cracking jokes on Thursday; we were all sitting around in his room."

Music won an Emmy as a writer for the "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in 1969 and went on to become a story editor for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." He co-wrote with his wife the theme song for "The Bob Newhart Show," which he helped create.

Music and his partner David Davis created "Rhoda," a spinoff to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and Music became the voice of Carlton the doorman, who communicated through an intercom but was never seen.

"Valerie's heart is breaking, but Rhoda is certain that Carlton the doorman is giving St. Peter at the gate a run for his money," said Valerie Harper, the star of "Rhoda."

Music went on to work full time as a voice actor, portraying several cartoon characters and eventually voicing "Garfield" in prime-time animated specials and for a Saturday morning series that aired for seven years.

Music born Gerald David Music on May 2, 1937, in New York City and grew up in Duluth, Minn. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he met his wife. The pair formed a comedy act that lasted eight years. Music later took the first name Lorenzo for spiritual reasons, his wife said.

Music is survived by his wife and their four children. </quote>

TTYL