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Article: Deaths of note
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- April 12, 2007
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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 ...