# Simpson's guest voices who have passed away

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 1, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-guest-voices-who-have-passed-away/248163 "2004-06-01T23:16:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-guest-voices-who-have-passed-away/248163/1 "2004-06-01T23:16:30Z")

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I can name the following:

Joey Ramone

Linda McCartney

George Harrison

And of course Phil Hartman and Ron Taylor (Bleeding Gums Murphy)

Any more anyone can think of? This week I saw both the George Harrison one and the one with The Ramones.

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**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-guest-voices-who-have-passed-away/248163/2 "2004-06-01T23:29:57Z")

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Johnny Cash - he was the voice of the fox in the episode where Homer eats the Guatemalen Insanity Peppers and trips

Can’t think of any more off the top of my head, but this was the first one to spring to mind

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**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-guest-voices-who-have-passed-away/248163/3 "2004-06-01T23:31:04Z")

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wait…was that supposed to be a fox or a coyote? Maybe a coyote, b/c they were in the desert…

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-guest-voices-who-have-passed-away/248163/4 "2004-06-01T23:38:47Z")

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It was a coyote, or so Homer and the writers said (“In your face, space coyote!”).

[Here’s the official list from the SNPP:](http://www.snpp.com/guides/departed.html)

Audrey Meadows  
George Fenneman  
Linda McCartney  
Jim Varney  
Tito Puente  
Steve Allen  
Joseph Calleja  
Werner Klemperer  
Joey Ramone  
Jack Lemmon  
George Harrison  
Ron Taylor  
Lawrence Tierney  
Stephen Jay Gould  
John Entwistle  
Rod Steiger  
Johnny Unitas  
Barry White  
Bob Hope  
Johnny Cash  
George Plimpton  
Paul Winfield

Phil Hartman and “Lunch Lady” Doris Grau are included under a separate category.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-guest-voices-who-have-passed-away/248163/5 "2004-06-01T23:41:54Z")

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coyote.

_after biting homer_:

Sorry, I _am_ a coyote.  
_Homer wakes up in sand trap_

…and that talking Coyote was just a talking dog

dog: Find your soulmate, Homer.

H: Waitaminnit! There’s no such thing as a talking dog!

d: Woof!

H:That’s better.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-guest-voices-who-have-passed-away/248163/6 "2004-06-01T23:51:52Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Steve Allen

Ack! When did he die? _sad_

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-guest-voices-who-have-passed-away/248163/7 "2004-06-02T00:39:30Z")

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[October 30, 2000](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006752/)

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-guest-voices-who-have-passed-away/248163/8 "2004-06-02T00:43:33Z")

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Jesus, I managed to miss that fact for 4 damn years? _Still sad_