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October 30: The Peanuts special Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown is broadcast, which was not well-favored for having a new character substituting the Little Red-Haired Girl, who's been a long-time crush for Charlie Brown.[11] This is Grant Wehr's only voicing credit as he failed to reprise his role for the subsequent Peanuts cartoons due to his voice was reportedly too coarse for Charlie Brown.
January 25: Alicia Keys, American singer, songwriter and actress (voice of Boinga's Mom in The Backyardigans episode "Mission to Mars", herself in The Proud Family episode "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly").[16]
Porsha Williams, American television personality, actress, and author (voice of Carlotta in CarGo, Christine in the Zootopia+ episode "The Little Rodents of Little Rodentia").
Specific date unknown: Richard Loederer, American comics writer, comics artist and animation art director (worked for Amedee J. Van Beuren), dies at age 86 or 87.[42]
December 27: Hoagy Carmichael, American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer (voiced himself in The Flintstones episode "The Hit Song Writers"), dies at age 82.[70]
