Article: Deaths of note

Roscoe Lee Browne

LOS ANGELES - Roscoe Lee Browne, an actor whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81.

Browne died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a long battle with cancer, said Alan Nierob, a family spokesman.

Browne had a decades-long career that ranged from classic theater to TV cartoons. He also was a poet and a former world-class athlete.

His deep, cultured voice was heard narrating the 1995 hit movie "Babe." On screen, his character often was smart, cynical and well- educated, whether a congressman, a judge or a butler.

Born May 2, 1925, to a Baptist minister in Woodbury, N.J., Browne graduated from ...

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