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04-28-2016, 08:06 PM
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The Mystery of William E Martin
for those who don't know, he was Shredder for 7 episodes in 1994 and 1996.
For my money, next to Jim Cummings, he was the best alternate voice. the one I didn't mind hearing when james avery wasn't on the show and actually kind of looked forward too... but I can't seem to find much on the guy.. anyone know more? has he ever done any interviews? is he even still around? we already lost one shredder. |
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04-28-2016, 08:10 PM
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He died at the end of January unfortunately. It came to light when several of us wanted him to voice Shredder if the character was to appear in the 2012 cartoon. All I can find on him is in his Wikipedia entry.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Martin
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04-28-2016, 08:32 PM
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I'm surprised people didn't seem to know he passed away.
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04-28-2016, 09:36 PM
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I didn't know until Powder mentioned something about Martin's passing in another thread.
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04-28-2016, 10:29 PM
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Its a shame a lot of the original voice actors are getting old and some are dying off. Peter Renaday (Splinter) is 80 years old. It seems like OT Splinter will be the next to go.
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04-29-2016, 12:00 AM
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Depends on how well his health is. My grandmother lived to be about 90, though she passed away last summer just a few months short of her birthday. When your time's up, your time's up.
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04-29-2016, 05:03 AM
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1994 was when TMNT interest began to decline, less episodes aired so most people probably not remember him.
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04-29-2016, 09:25 AM
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I didn't know William E. Martin passed away either. I only found out a few months ago from reading a thread on this website. Don't know much about him, but I think he did an interview with a website about his time on the show sometime ago.
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04-29-2016, 11:53 AM
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Didn't even know who he was.
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