# Billie Mae Richards dies at 88; voice of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 15, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billie-mae-richards-dies-at-88-voice-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/553862 "2010-09-15T16:21:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billie-mae-richards-dies-at-88-voice-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/553862/1 "2010-09-15T16:21:48Z")

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[Story here](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-billie-mae-richards-20100914,0,6768687.story)

Considering the SDMB annual tradition of the [Rudolph](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=48886&highlight=poohpah) thread, this makes me very sad.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billie-mae-richards-dies-at-88-voice-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/553862/2 "2010-09-15T16:28:49Z")

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☹

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billie-mae-richards-dies-at-88-voice-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/553862/3 "2010-09-15T21:54:59Z")

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And yet another icon of my youth is gone. ☹

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billie-mae-richards-dies-at-88-voice-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/553862/4 "2010-09-15T23:45:05Z")

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☹ ☹ That’s one from me, and one from my mom who actually bought the DVD set.