Voice of Tony the Tiger dies

THURL Ravenscroft, who provided the rumbling “They’re Grrrrreeeat!” for Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger ads and voiced a host of Disney characters in films like The Jungle Book and Mary Poppins, has died in California, at the age of 91.

Wed, 25 May, 2005 - 01:00

Ravenscroft died on Sunday of prostate cancer, said Diane Challis Davy, director of Laguna Beach’s Pageant of the Masters.

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