{"id":1735443,"date":"2022-11-11T14:48:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T19:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1735443"},"modified":"2022-11-11T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T19:48:09","slug":"longtime-voice-of-batman-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-voice-of-batman-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Voice Of Batman Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flongtime-voice-of-batman-dies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1735443&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Kevin Conroy, 66, who was well-known as the voice of Batman in the animated series of the character, died on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The iconic voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, has passed away at the age of 66 after a battle with cancer. \ud83d\udc94<\/p>\n<p>The actor is known for his long run as Batman in \u201cBatman: The Animated Series\u201d and many other animated Batman and DC projects from 1992 to present. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xiRc2Apsvv\">pic.twitter.com\/xiRc2Apsvv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Etalk (@etalkCTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/etalkCTV\/status\/1591136926513639424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conroy voiced the character in 85 episodes of \u201cBatman: The Animated Series\u201d (1992-1996) as well as 15 films including \u201cBatman: Mask of the Phantasm\u201d and 15 animated series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin was far more than an actor whom I had the pleasure of casting and directing \u2013 he was a dear friend for 30+ years whose kindness and generous spirit knew no boundaries,\u201d casting\/dialogue director Andrea Romano stated, as dc.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dc.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/11\/kevin-conroy-preeminent-voice-of-batman-passes-away-at-age-66?linkId=189232885&#038;linkId=189234578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. \u201cKevin\u2019s warm heart, delightfully deep laugh and pure love of life will be with me forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conroy studied acting at The Julliard School with compatriots including Christopher Reeve, Frances Conroy, and Robin Williams.\u00a0He played Hamlet at the 1984 New York Shakespeare Festival as well as being featured on TV in shows such as \u201cDynasty,\u201d \u201cTour of Duty,\u201d \u201cOhara,\u201d \u201cCheers,\u201d \u201cMurphy Brown,\u201d \u201cSpenser: For Hire,\u201d and \u201cMatlock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin brought a light with him everywhere,\u201d Paul Dini, producer of \u201cBatman: The Animated Series,\u201d declared, \u201cwhether in the recording booth giving it his all, or feeding first responders during 9\/11, or making sure every fan who ever waited for him had a moment with their Batman. A hero in every sense of the word. Irreplaceable. Eternal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tara Strong, who voiced Batgirl in the DC Animated Universe, tweeted, \u201cI don\u2019t have the words. Not today. My heart is broken. There will never be another. He IS #Batman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly on, I said, \u2018This is the most famous and powerful guy in Gotham,\u201d Conroy told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/kevin-conroy-dead-batman-voice-actor-1235260222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> in 2017. \u201cAre you telling me he just puts on a mask and no one knows it\u2019s him? Seriously? There\u2019s got to be more to the disguise. My template for the two voices was the\u00a01930s\u00a0film The Scarlet Pimpernel. I played Bruce Wayne as sort of a humorous playboy to counteract the brooding nature of Batman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of \u201cMask of the Phantasm,\u201d Conroy recalled Romano\u2019s reaction after he had finished an emotional scene: \u201cAndrea came in after the recording and grabbed me in a hug. Andrea said, \u2018I don\u2019t know where you went [emotionally], but it was a beautiful performance.\u2019 She knew I was drawing on something.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Kevin Conroy, 66, who was well-known as the voice of Batman in the animated series of the character, died on Thursday. The iconic voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, has passed away at the age of 66 after a battle with cancer. \ud83d\udc94 The actor is known for his long run as Batman in \u201cBatman: &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1735446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1735443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1735443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1735446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1735443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1735443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1735443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}