Peter Renaday, Voice of Master Splinter onTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesCartoon, Dies at 89
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Peter Renaday, the voice actor best known as Master Splinter onTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,is dead. He was 89.
The Burbank Police Department tells PEOPLE that officers did a welfare check at his home at approximately 10:20 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8. and found him “on the floor inside the residence.”
His friends and former coworkers, including Townsend Coleman, Cam Clarke, Sam Kwasman and Ike Eisenmann, spoke out about the news on social media.
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Coleman, who voiced Michaelangelo inTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, wrote in aFacebook poston Tuesday, Sept. 10: “Folks, I’m devastated this morning to learn of the passing yesterday of our dear sensei, Peter Renaday. Pete was one of the most genuine, salt of the earth people I have ever known, and I will miss him dearly.”
He expressed that the two had just seen each a month ago and that Renaday was “as vibrant as ever, at 89, just as endearingly silly, smart and talented as I’ve always known him to be.”
Kwasman shared similar sentiments,writing on Facebook, “It’s with great sadness that I have to report that my good friend Peter Renaday, who was the voice of Mickey Mouse among dozens of other voices, has passed away this week.”
He remembered the two having often had brunch with other voice actors “every couple of months,” adding, “I will miss his stories about the theater and working for Disney. He will be sorely missed.”
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“I’ve just learned that Peter Renaday has passed,“Eisenmann wrote on X. “I worked with Peter for many years in voice over. He was a gentle, fascinating man and one of the greatest and most prolific voice artists in the business. Rest well my friend.”
“To my darling Ninja Turtle fans, By now, many of you have already heard, but we just lost our amazing Sensei, Master Splinter, and dearest friend Peter Renaday. As I write this, the tears in my eyes make it hard to see enough to write this post,” wrote Clarke onFacebook, recalling seeing Renaday while celebrating his 88th birthday.
In addition toTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Renaday isalso known for lending his voicetoThe Million Dollar Duck,Lt. Robin Crusoe,U.S.N.,The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesandThe Cat from Outer Space.
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