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We have some incredibly sad news to report. John Erwin, the legendary voice of He-Man from the classic 1980's Filmation cartoon series "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe", has died. Born in 1936, John had quite a wonderful career in the entertainment industry, starting impressively with a reoccurring role in the hit television series "Rawhide". John Erwin even voiced Morris the Cat, the star of the popular, long-running television commercials for 9-Lives cat food that began in 1968. Yet... there was no other role that John Erwin played where he touched more people's hearts than his role as He-Man…
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News has broken that John Erwin died last month aged 88. RIP.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-erwin-he-man-archie-voice-actor-1236123692/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-erwin-he-man-archie-voice-actor-1236123692/
No one has done a better job at calling on the power of Grayskull. His very specific cadence was absolutely perfect and no one has come close to matching it, and probably never will.
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I am so shocked and saddened by this loss. Love & Light to John and his family! ❤️
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Damn. Just damn. I wish I could have gotten to meet you. Shake your hand and thank you for everything. My childhood was so much better for having you in it. RIP Mr. Erwin.
R.i.P. The Filmation show is still my favorite cartoon. I wrote a letter once to him about the joy he brought my kids and I and he wrote back. I wasn't sure he'd write back because I heard he was reclusive, but he did and he even autographed some MOTU trading cards I had sent as well.
i was very moved by melendy's eulogy, such a loving "sister" she is.
john was the man, john is THE he-man. forever!
his was the voice that breathed life into the hero of our childhoods, he was as jovial and bashful as adam and as he was commanding and courageous as he-man. "strong enough to be gentle" as the iconic peter cullen would say.
john's presence will be felt forever in the classic filmation shows, each and every time we re-watch, or every time we read a MoTU comic book or even so much as look at he-man's action figures or pictures.
Thank you for acknowledging Melendy's beautiful goodbye to John. You can tell how she wrote about him how much she loved him.