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FreeRangeHexagon: Apr 17, 2022

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Kevin Conroy, best known for voicing Batman, has died at the age of 66.

The Peter Mayhew Foundation confirmed on Twitter that Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy passed away:

"Members of the Batman animated family are reporting that Kevin Conroy has passed away. We had the privilege of attending conventions alongside Kevin over the years and are heartbroken by this news."

Diana Pershing, who voiced Poison Ivy in Batman: The Animated Series, shared a heartfelt tribute to Conroy on Facebook:

"Very sad news: our beloved voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, died yesterday. He's been ill for a while but he really put in a lot of time at the cons, to the joy of all of his fans. He will be sorely missed not just by the cast of the series but by his legion of fans all over the world. Below are pictures of Kevin with Loren Lester who plays Robin another with me and Tara Strong who is in the later episodes of Batman cartoons. And then finally, one of Kevin and me in front of the huge audiences we used to get when we did our panels. RIP, friend."

Conroy served as the voice of the Dark Knight in various media, such as Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League. The actor also portrayed a live-action Bruce Wayne in the Arrowverse's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover.

Conroy also voiced Batman in a number of video games including the Arkham series and Injustice: Gods Among Us.

https://thedirect.com/article/batman-kevin-conroy-dies

This sucks, I know goons loved the old animated series. It was maybe the greatest superhero show ever, and so much of that was the fantastic casting. First and foremost being Mark Hamill as the Joker and Kevin Conroy as Batman himself.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:09

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FreeRangeHexagon: Apr 17, 2022

oh man, my bad, I wasn't supposed to let this have the shitpost tag

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:10

WAR CRIME GIGOLO: Oct 3, 2012; The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

Batman is a poo poo post

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:11

KitConstantine: Jan 11, 2013

FreeRangeHexagon posted:

oh man, my bad, I wasn't supposed to let this have the shitpost tag

Will fix.

Batman the animated series was one of my favorite shows as a kid :smith:

I have the complete series in boxed set of DVDs (lol), might have to give it a rewatch

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:13

FreeRangeHexagon: Apr 17, 2022

KitConstantine posted:

Will fix.

Batman the animated series was one of my favorite shows as a kid I have the complete series in boxed set of DVDs (lol), might have to give it a rewatch

thank you

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:14

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Joker sends his regards

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:18

Henry Lee Mucus: Dec 11, 2003

Ben Affleck is still very much alive op

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:22

MrQwerty: Apr 15, 2003

pretty lame that Conroy is dead and they yeeted Keaton

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:23

FreeRangeHexagon: Apr 17, 2022

Jillian poo poo posted:

Ben Affleck is still very much alive op

idk, I think he is dead emotionally

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:23

Toxic Mental: Jun 1, 2019

What kind of cancer did he have?

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:34

SidneyIsTheKiller: Jul 16, 2019; I did fall asleep reading a particularly erotic chapter
in my grandmother's journal.

She wrote very detailed descriptions of her experiences...

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:34

Non Krampus Mentis: Oct 17, 2011; Scrungus Bungus from the planet Grongous

MrQwerty posted:

pretty lame that Conroy is dead and Rupert Murdoch still walks this earth

ftfy

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:52

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Also, enemy to watermelon everywhere Gallagher is dead.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:52

Non Krampus Mentis: Oct 17, 2011; Scrungus Bungus from the planet Grongous

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Also, enemy to watermelon everywhere Gallagher is dead.

Losing them both feels like someone somewhere wished on a monkey paw. We�re finally free of Gallagher, but at what cost?

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:55

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

never heard of this Batman, fake news

# ? Nov 11, 2022 17:58

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Best Batman... gone. what the gently caress!

# ? Nov 11, 2022 18:13

CumBlast Radius Jr: Nov 1, 2022; by Azathoth

Does his body still have to walk around even though his voice is dead

# ? Nov 11, 2022 18:23

sigher: Apr 22, 2008; My guiding Moonlight...

What the gently caress.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 18:25

Robo Reagan: Feb 12, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

i think we have our suspect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiA8613eTw

# ? Nov 11, 2022 18:31

Alucard: Mar 11, 2002; Pillbug

At least he's finally with his mom and dad now.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 18:31

Sourdough Sam: May 2, 2010

Boss don't seem too happy now that da Bat is dead.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 18:44

DrVenkman: Dec 28, 2005; I think he can hear you, Ray.

KitConstantine posted:

Will fix.

Batman the animated series was one of my favorite shows as a kid I have the complete series in boxed set of DVDs (lol), might have to give it a rewatch

The Blu-ray set looks astounding. They did such a great job with it.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 18:53

By popular demand: Jul 17, 2007; IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!

I didn't actually watch the animated series with his voice as a child since they redubbed it here, but I recently watched an interview where he talked about channelling his life experience of being closeted into the split of Batman/Bruce Wayne and I really loved him as a person.

RIP, you were taken from us far too soon.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:02

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Another great boner by the jokester

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:02

Animal-Mother: Feb 14, 2012; RABBIT RABBIT
RABBIT RABBIT

This sucks, RIP.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:05

Icochet: Mar 18, 2008; I have a very small TV. Don't make fun of it! Please don't shame it like that~; Grimey Drawer

The Peter Mayhew Foundation probably left him in some killing contraption and left the room. Let's wait til next bat-week in this bat-thread and see how this plays out

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:11

pnumoman: Sep 26, 2008; I never get the last word, and it makes me very sad.

drat, RIP to a real one. His Batman is still THE Batman to me.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:13

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

SidneyIsTheKiller posted:

probably cancer or something.

FreeRangeHexagon posted:

https://thedirect.com/article/batman-kevin-conroy-dies

This sucks, I know goons loved the old animated series. It was maybe the greatest superhero show ever, and so much of that was the fantastic casting. First and foremost being Mark Hamill as the Joker and Kevin Conroy as Batman himself.

yeah, he was my batman, probably alot of peoples batman. sad. i still read most batman comics in his voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAIuODLsOf4

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:15

FreeRangeHexagon: Apr 17, 2022

Dapper_Swindler posted:

probably cancer or something.

yeah, he was my batman, probably alot of peoples batman. sad. i still read most batman comics in his voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAIuODLsOf4

To me he was the "default" Batman, not that I didn't love a lot of the other versions, both animated and live action. But I always felt like other versions of Batman were defined relative to the Conroy version. If that makes sense.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:18

Fabulousity: Dec 29, 2008; Number One I order you to take a number two.

Milo and POTUS posted:

Best Batman... gone. what the gently caress!

He was a very good Batman but not the best. Adam West died years ago.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:19

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

FreeRangeHexagon posted:

To me he was the "default" Batman, not that I didn't love a lot of the other versions, both animated and live action. But I always felt like other versions of Batman were defined relative to the Conroy version. If that makes sense.

same. he always got the tone right, he can sound genuinly angry without the dumb yell poo poo but you can also tell that batman was a genuin caring person. idk his voice vaguely reminds me of my dads so that probably chips into it.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:20

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Fabulousity posted:

He was a very good Batman but not the best. Adam West died years ago.

west is a great one too. those shows are fun.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:21

Fabulousity: Dec 29, 2008; Number One I order you to take a number two.

Dapper_Swindler posted:

west is a great one too. those shows are fun.

Kevin Conroy is undeniably great and his work is fantastic but how do you top this?

https://decider.com/2017/06/12/adam-west-kicked-out-of-orgy-while-being-batman/

Also shout out to long dead Frank Gorshin the first and best live action Riddler.

All you Batman TAS fans should go try Harley Quinn too. It's good. I promise. Alan Tudyk's Joker is really good too.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:26

FreeRangeHexagon: Apr 17, 2022

Dapper_Swindler posted:

same. he always got the tone right, he can sound genuinly angry without the dumb yell poo poo but you can also tell that batman was a genuin caring person. idk his voice vaguely reminds me of my dads so that probably chips into it.

He could also make Batman and Bruce Wayne seem like completely different people with the barest change in how he delivered his lines. Close enough that we the audience can tell it's the same guy, but we also don't question why nobody in universe figures it out.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:26

SidneyIsTheKiller: Jul 16, 2019; I did fall asleep reading a particularly erotic chapter
in my grandmother's journal.

She wrote very detailed descriptions of her experiences...

rotten.com has gone too far this time, ugh

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:33

Bad Purchase: Jun 17, 2019

what's the big deal, can't ras al ghul just resurrect people now?

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:35

FreeRangeHexagon: Apr 17, 2022

Bad Purchase posted:

what's the big deal, can't ras al ghul just resurrect people now?

not since the Near Apocalypse of '09

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:39

SLICK GOKU BABY: Jun 12, 2001; Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls

Another Batman dead? Christian Bale better look out.

# ? Nov 11, 2022 19:58

Henry Lee Mucus: Dec 11, 2003

SidneyIsTheKiller posted:

rotten.com has gone too far this time, ugh

I like how the man is covering his eyes because the sight of Batman�s grotesquely broken body is so traumatic but couldn�t care less that his son is looking directly at the mangled corpse six inches away

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FreeRangeHexagon: Apr 17, 2022

SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

Another Batman dead? Christian Bale better look out.

does Christian Bale have an alibi that covers where he was and what he was doing when these Batmen died? I'm not implying anything, I'm just asking questions

# ? Nov 11, 2022 21:03

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